Article
Rising burden of Hepatitis C Virus in hemodialysis patients.
Virology journal - 1 Jan 2011
Khan Sanaullah, Attaullah Sobia, Ali Ijaz, Ayaz Sultan, Naseemullah, Khan Shahid Niaz, Siraj Sami, Khan Jabbar
Abstract excerpt
AIM: High prevalence of Hepatitis C virus (HCV) has been reported among the dialysis patients throughout the world. No serious efforts were taken to investigate HCV in patients undergoing hemodialysis (HD) treatment who are at great increased risk to HCV. HCV genotypes are important in the study of epidemiology, pathogenesis and reaction to antiviral therapy. This study was performed to investigate the prevalence...
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