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Prevalence of occult hepatitis B virus infection in haemodialysis patients from central Greece |
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| Authors: | Paraskevi Mina Sarah P Georgiadou Christos Rizos George N Dalekos Eirini I Rigopoulou |
| Affiliation: | Paraskevi Mina, Sarah P Georgiadou, Christos Rizos, George N Dalekos, Eirini I Rigopoulou, Department of Medicine and Research Laboratory of Internal Medicine, Medical School, University of Thessaly, 41110 Larissa, Thessaly, GreeceGeorge N Dalekos, Eirini I Rigopoulou, Research Group of Investigational Medicine, Institute of Biomedical Research and Technology, Centre for Research and Technology-Thessaly (CE.RE.TE.TH), 41222 Larissa, Thessaly, Greece |
| Abstract: | AIM:To assess the hepatitis B virus(HBV)-DNA and the prevalence of occult HBV infection in end-stage renal failure(ESRF)patients from Central Greece. METHODS:Sera from 366 ESRF patients attending five out of six dialysis units from Central Greece were investigated for HBV-DNA by real-time polymerase chain reaction.Only serum samples with repeatedly detectable HBV-DNA were considered positive.IgG antibodies to hepatitis C virus(anti-HCV)were tested by a third generation enzyme linked immunosorbent assay(ELIS... |
| Keywords: | Hepatitis B virus-DNA Occult hepatitis Bvirus infection Haemodialysis Hepatitis B Real-timepolymerase chain reaction |
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