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. 2004 Sep;42(9):4321-2.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.42.9.4321-4322.2004.

Prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection among hemodialysis patients at a tertiary-care hospital in Mexico City, Mexico

Nahum Méndez-Sánchez  1 , Daniel Motola-Kuba, Norberto C Chavez-Tapia, Jesús Bahena, Ricardo Correa-Rotter, Misael Uribe
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Prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection among hemodialysis patients at a tertiary-care hospital in Mexico City, Mexico

Nahum Méndez-Sánchez et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2004 Sep.

Abstract

We determined the prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) in hemodialysis patients by antibody testing and HCV RNA determination by PCR. A total of 149 patients with kidney failure with replacement therapy were tested. The prevalence of anti-HCV was 6.7% (10 of 149 patients), and viremia was detectable in 8 of 149 (5%) patients. Three of 149 patients (2%) were anti-HCV negative with detectable HCV RNA.

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