Article
Hepatitis C virus in a hemodialysis unit: molecular evidence for nosocomial transmission.
Kidney international - 1 Mar 1996
Stuyver L, Claeys H, Wyseur A, Van Arnhem W, De Beenhouwer H, Uytendaele S, Beckers J, Matthijs D, Leroux-Roels G, Maertens G, De Paepe M
Abstract excerpt
Between February 1991 and January 1992, elevated alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels were observed in several hemodialysis patients in a dialysis center in Dendermonde, Belgium. By the end of 1992, 25 out of 68 patients had seroconverted for HCV antibodies. The HCV strains from 23 of these sero...
Topics
- Alanine Transaminase
- Base Sequence
- Belgium
- Cross Infection
- Disease Outbreaks
- Female
- Genotype
- Hemodialysis Units, Hospital
- Hepacivirus
- Hepatitis C
- Hepatitis C Antibodies
- Humans
- Male
- Molecular Sequence Data
- RNA, Viral
- Regression Analysis
- Retrospective Studies