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Prevalence of occult HCV infection in hemodialysis and kidney-transplanted patients: a systematic review

(2017) Prevalence of occult HCV infection in hemodialysis and kidney-transplanted patients: a systematic review. Future Virology. pp. 315-322. ISSN 1746-0794

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Abstract

Aim: We performed a systematic review for determining the prevalence rate of occult HCV infection (OCI) among hemodialysis and kidney-transplanted (KT) patients. Methods: Electronic databases were searched with appropriate search strategies. We considered positive result for tests of HCV-RNA in peripheral blood mononuclear cell, ultracentrifuged serum or hepatocytes in the absence of HCV-RNA and anti-HCV antibody in patients' sera as the definition of OCI. Results: Two studies reported OCI prevalence rate of 0 and 2 among KT patients. Results of OCI prevalence rates among hemodialysis patients varied between 0 and 45 in ten different included studies showing a great heterogeneity. Conclusion: Although we still need more evidence to support our results, they suggest that checking OCI in hemodialysis or KT patients with unexplained signs of liver diseases may have some benefit.

Item Type: Article
Keywords: kidney transplantation occult hepatitis C renal dialysis c virus-infection blood mononuclear-cells hepatitis-c dialysis patients rna impact hbv serum iran Virology
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Page Range: pp. 315-322
Journal or Publication Title: Future Virology
Journal Index: ISI
Volume: 12
Number: 5
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.2217/fvl-2016-0138
ISSN: 1746-0794
Depositing User: مهندس مهدی شریفی
URI: http://eprints.bmsu.ac.ir/id/eprint/4441

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