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. 2011 Aug;15(8):e514-6.
doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2011.04.001. Epub 2011 Jun 15.

Incidence of hepatitis C virus infection in patients with chronic kidney disease on conservative therapy

Gioacchino Li Cavoli  1 , Angelo Ferrantelli, Luisa Bono, Calogera Tortorici, Carlo Giammarresi, Carmela Zagarrigo, Onofrio Schillaci, Angelo Tralongo, Maurizio Soresi, Ugo Rotolo
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Incidence of hepatitis C virus infection in patients with chronic kidney disease on conservative therapy

Gioacchino Li Cavoli et al. Int J Infect Dis. 2011 Aug.
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Abstract

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a never-ending public health problem. Many studies have investigated the incidence of HCV infection among dialysis patients, but there have only been a few epidemiological studies in renal conservative therapy. We studied 320 subjects with pre-dialysis chronic kidney disease living in Sicily, Italy. The incidence of HCV infection was 6.25%. In Europe, incidence ranges from 0.2% to 3.5%. It appears that the incidence of HCV infection is higher in the studied patient population than in the population as a whole.

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