D. Di Lallo et al., Risk factors of hepatitis C virus infection in patients on hemodialysis: Amultivariate analysis based on a dialysis register in Central Italy, EUR J EPID, 15(1), 1999, pp. 11-14
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20
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Envirnomentale Medicine & Public Health","Medical Research General Topics
A seroprevalence survey of antibodies to HCV was carried out among 2788 hem
odialysis (HD) patients in a region of central Italy. Anti-HCV seroprevalen
ce was 28.6%. A multivariate analysis of risk factors showed a significant
association with time on HD, history of blood transfusion and metropolitan
area of residence. Our study clearly showed that HCV infection is common am
ong HD patients and is partially associated with preventable factors.