HCV Incidence in a Dialysis Center: Preliminary Reports
作者:
E. Ippolito,
S. Aterini,
M. Salvadori,
G. D’Elia,
M. Amato,
期刊:
Nephron
(Karger Available online 1992)
卷期:
Volume 61,
issue 3
页码: 375-376
ISSN:1660-8151
年代: 1992
DOI:10.1159/000186951
出版商: S. Karger AG
关键词: Hepatitis C virus;Dialysis;Transfusions;Sexual transmission
数据来源: Karger
摘要:
Incidence of seroconversion to anti-HCV from December 1989 to May 1991 was evaluated in patients and in their sexual partners. In December ‘89,13 of 66 and in May ‘91, 26 of 75 patients were HCV positive. 9 of 13 new, seroconverted patients had been transfused. Seroconverted mean dialytic age was lower than that of previous HCV-positive patients. All the sexual partners were HCV negative. Blood transfusion seems to be the main risk factor for HCV infection, while environmental contamination is still debata
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