Identification of hepatitis C virus RNA in peritoneal dialysis fluid of patients with viremia

Peritoneal Dialysis International

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 478-482

  Cusumano, Ana M ^a,b   Poratto, Flavia ^a   del Pino, Noemí ^b   Fernández, José L ^b   Vilches, Antonio ^a  

^a CEMIC   (Argentina)

^b BIOSIDUS ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

HCV; Hepatitis C; Hepatitis C transmission; Peritoneal fluid

Indexed keywords

PERITONEAL DIALYSIS FLUID; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIALYSATE; DNA DETERMINATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; VIREMIA; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 26844523309     PISSN: 08968608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/089686080502500513     Document Type: Article

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