Hepatitis C in hemodialysis: the contribution of injection drug use

Hepatitis C in hemodialysis: the contribution of injection drug use

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BACKGROUND: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is the most common cause of acute or chronic hepatitis in patients on hemodialysis (HD). The purpose of this study was to describe the prevalence of positive HCV RNA and investigate injection drug use as an emerging risk factor in patients with chronic r...

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Main Authors:	Bruno Galperim, Angelo A Mattos, Airton T Stein, Nuttiane C Schneider, André Buriol, André Fonseca, Vagner Lunge, Nilo Ikuta
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier
Series:	Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Subjects:	hepatitis C virus hemodialysis injection drug use risk factors
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702010000400020&lng=en&tlng=en

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