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Hepatitis C in dialysis units

2010; Volume: 25; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

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Ortega Quiroz, Rolando José,

Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment

Patients with chronic renal insuffi ciency on renal replacement therapy (RRT) with hemodialysis have higher infection rates for Hepatitis C virus (HCV) than the general population. Rates in developed countries such as Holland (4%), the United Kingdom (4%), Germany (7%), Belgium (7%) and Sweden (10%) are low. However, prevalence is a litt le bit higher in the USA (14%), France (15%), Spain (22%) and Italy (22%). In developing countries prevalence is higher: in Brazil (18%), in Turkey (21%), in the Sudan (22%), in Tunisia (24%), in Saudi Arabia (45%), in Moldavia (74%), in Morocco (78%) and in Egypt (80%). Despite clearly indicated reductions in these rates related to the implementation of biosafety measures in recent years, Hepatitis C continues to be an important problem in these populations. (1, 2)