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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, September 2004, p. 4321-4322, Vol. 42, No. 9
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.9.4321-4322.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Prevalence of Hepatitis C Virus Infection among Hemodialysis Patients at a Tertiary-Care Hospital in Mexico City, Mexico

Nahum Méndez-Sánchez,* Daniel Motola-Kuba, Norberto C. Chavez-Tapia, Jesús Bahena, Ricardo Correa-Rotter, and Misael Uribe

Departments of Biomedical Research and Gastroenterology and Liver Unit and Hemodialysis Unit, Medica Sur Clinic and Foundation, Mexico City, Mexico

Received 22 February 2004/ Returned for modification 11 April 2004/ Accepted 22 May 2004

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.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Departments of Biomedical Research and Gastroenterology and Liver Unit, Medica Sur Clinic and Foundation, Puente de Piedra 150, Col. Toriello Guerra, Mexico City, Mexico. Phone: (525) 606-6222, ext. 4215. Fax: (525) 666-4031. E-mail: nmendez{at}medicasur.org.mx.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, September 2004, p. 4321-4322, Vol. 42, No. 9
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.9.4321-4322.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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