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Seronegative occult hepatitis C infection among hemodialysis patients: A prevalence study.
Therapeutic apheresis and dialysis : official peer-reviewed journal of the International Society for Apheresis, the Japanese Society for Apheresis, the Japanese Society for Dialysis Therapy - 1 Apr 2021
Mahmoudvand Shahab, Shokri Somayeh, Azaran Azarakhsh, Seyedian Seyed S, Makvandi Manoochehr, Mirzaei Habibollah, Sheikhrobat Sheida B
Abstract excerpt
The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of occult hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection (OCI) among HD patients. Blood samples were taken from 79 HD patients and their sera were evaluated for the presence of anti-HCV. Both the sera and peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) were then checked for HCV RNA by nested reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction. Anti-HCV was positive among 4/79...
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