Infection by the hepatitis C virus in chronic renal failure patients undergoing hemodialysis in Mato Grosso state, central Brazil: A cohort study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Santos, Marcelo A M ^a,b   Souto, Francisco J D ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CUIABÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAZIL; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL STAFF; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROCONVERSION; TREATMENT DURATION; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MIDDLE AGED; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSMISSION;

BRAZIL; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; RENAL DIALYSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33947227223     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-7-32     Document Type: Article

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