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Hepatitis C virus seroconversion and genotype prevalence in patients and staff on chronic hemodialysis.
Journal of clinical gastroenterology - 1 Jan 1999
Zamir D, Storch S, Zonder H B, Zamir C, Weiner P
Abstract excerpt
The prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV)-RNA positivity among hemodialysis patients varies between 10 and 70%. Few previous surveys revealed high frequency of seroconversion of HCV-RNA-negative patients over the years of hemodialysis. Only few studies reported HCV genotype variability. We evaluated all 65 patients on chronic hemodialysis in our dialysis unit. All sera positive to anti-HCV on ELISA were retested...
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