Prevalence of hepatitis C among haemodialysis patients in a tertiary care hospital in south India

CONCLUSION: This is the first study from the southern state of Kerala in India showing the prevalence of HCV among hemodialysis patients by PCR. Our study showed an overall HCV prevalence of 8% by PCR. All the PCR positive samples were negative by 3rd generation ELISA which is an alarming finding and further justifies the need for PCR for detecting HCV.PMID:33613921 | PMC:PMC7884274 | DOI:10.18502/ijm.v12i6.5041
Source: Iranian Journal of Microbiology - Category: Microbiology Authors: Source Type: research