Prevalence and risk factors of hepatitis C virus infection in hemodialysis patients from one center in Recife, Brazil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 467-470

  De Albuquerque, Ana Cecília C ^a   Coêlho, Maria Rosângela C D ^b   Lopes, Edmundo P A ^b   Lemos, Marcilio Figueiredo ^a   Moreira, Regina Célia ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Genotypes; Hemodialysis; Hepatitis C virus; Polymerase chain reaction; Prevalence; Recife; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 26444440022     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0074-02762005000500003     Document Type: Article

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