Article
Hepatitis B virus infection in Haemodialysis Centres from Santa Catarina State, Southern Brazil. Predictive risk factors for infection and molecular epidemiology.
BMC public health - 27 Apr 2004
Carrilho Flair J, Moraes Cleusa R, Pinho João R R, Mello Isabel M V G C, Bertolini Dennis A, Lemos Marcílio F, Moreira Regina C, Bassit Leda C, Cardoso Rita A, Ribeiro-dos-Santos Gabriela, Da Silva Luiz C
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Patients under haemodialysis are considered at high risk to acquire hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. Since few data are reported from Brazil, our aim was to assess the frequency and risk factors for HBV infection in haemodialysis patients from 22 Dialysis Centres from Santa Catarina State, south of Brazil. METHODS: This study includes 813 patients, 149 haemodialysis workers and 772 healthy controls...
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