Article
[Distribution of hepatitis C virus genotypes among the hemodialysis population in the province of Alicante].
Nefrologia : publicacion oficial de la Sociedad Espanola Nefrologia - 1 Jan 2001
Arenas M D, Muñoz C, Sánchez-Payá J, Jover R, Egea J J, Gil M T, Martín F, Sarró F, Soriano A, Luna A, Olivares J, Reyes A, Muñoz del Bustillo E, del Pozo C, Valverde V, Perdiguero M, Araque A
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotypes are irregularly distributed among the different geographic area and groups at risk. OBJECTIVE: To study the different HCV genotypes and subtypes of hemodialyzed patients from Alicante. METHODS: We studied 640 patients on haemodialysis (HD) and we determined the RNA-HCV and the genotypes in the 120 patients with antibodies against HCV (HCV-Ab). We compared the results...
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