Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection rate among seronegative hemodialysis patients screened by two methods; HCV core antigen and polymerase chain reaction

Hepatitis Monthly

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Moini, Maryam ^a   Ziyaeyan, Mazyar ^b   Aghaei, Shapoor ^c   Sagheb, Mohammad Mahdi ^d   Taghavi, Seyed Alireza ^a   Moeini, Mahsa ^b   Jamalidoust, Marzieh ^b   Hamidpour, Laleh ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c YASUJ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Core Antigen; Hemodialysis; Hepatitis C Virus; Polymerase Chain Reaction

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROLOGY; VIRUS LOAD;

EID: 84881253317     PISSN: 1735143X     EISSN: 17353408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5812/hepatmon.9147     Document Type: Article

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