Article
Unexpected distribution of hepatitis C virus genotypes in patients on hemodialysis and kidney transplant recipients.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Apr 2003
Perez Renata M, Ferraz Maria Lucia G, Figueiredo Mauro S, Contado Denilson, Koide Sandra, Ferreira Adalgisa P, Cendoroglo Neto Miguel, Medina Pestana José O, Silva Antonio Eduardo B
Abstract excerpt
The distribution of hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotypes in patients on hemodialysis and in kidney transplant recipients was compared with that observed in a control group composed of HCV-infected individuals from the general population. A total of 340 patients were included in the study: 46 with end-stage renal disease on regular hemodialysis treatment, 22 kidney transplant recipients and 272 controls matched for...
Topics
- 5' Untranslated Regions
- Adult
- Female
- Genotype
- Hepacivirus
- Hepatitis C, Chronic
- Humans
- Kidney Transplantation
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Renal Dialysis
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
