Prevalence of occult hepatitis B virus infection in haemodialysis patients from central Greece

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...

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Published inWorld journal of gastroenterology : WJG Vol. 16; no. 2; pp. 225 - 231
Main Authors Mina, Paraskevi, Georgiadou, Sarah P, Rizos, Christos, Dalekos, George N, Rigopoulou, Eirini I
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Department of Medicine and Research Laboratory of Internal Medicine,Medical School,University of Thessaly,41110 Larissa,Thessaly,Greece%Department of Medicine and Research Laboratory of Internal Medicine,Medical School,University of Thessaly,41110 Larissa,Thessaly,Greece 14.01.2010
Research Group of Investigational Medicine,Institute of Biomedic
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Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Brief
Cohort Studies
DNA, Viral - blood
Female
Greece - epidemiology
Hepatitis B - blood
Hepatitis B - epidemiology
Hepatitis B - ethnology
Hepatitis B virus - genetics
Humans
Kidney Failure, Chronic - blood
Kidney Failure, Chronic - therapy
Kidney Failure, Chronic - virology
Male
Middle Aged
Occult Blood
Prevalence
Renal Dialysis
Young Adult
Greece
Real-timepolymerase chain reaction
Occult hepatitis Bvirus infection
Haemodialysis
Hepatitis B virus-DNA
Hepatitis B
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Summary: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...
Bibliography:Occult hepatitis B virus infection
14-1219/R
Hepatitis B virus-DNA
Hepatitis B virus-DNA; Occult hepatitis B virus infection; Haemodialysis; Hepatitis B; Real-time polymerase chain reaction
Haemodialysis
Hepatitis B
Real-time polymerase chain reaction
R512.62
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Correspondence to: George N Dalekos, MD, PhD, Professor and Chairman, Department of Medicine and Research Laboratory of Internal Medicine, Medical School, University of Thessaly, 41110 Larissa, Thessaly, Greece. dalekos@med.uth.gr
Telephone: +30-2410-2285 Fax: +30-2410-671863
Author contributions: Dalekos GN and Rigopoulou EI had the original idea for the study, wrote the study protocol, and along with Mina P wrote the paper; Mina P, Rizos C and Georgiadou SP did the laboratory work, collected the clinical and biochemical data, and performed the statistical analysis; Dalekos GN and Rigopoulou EI wrote the final version of the paper; all authors have seen and approved the final draft of the paper.
ISSN:1007-9327
2219-2840
DOI:10.3748/wjg.v16.i2.225