Nosocomial Infection

Hepatitis C Virus Rates Persist at Dutch Hemodialysis Centers

Published in Hepatitis Weekly, November 20th, 2000

Scientific evidence documenting the reasons for hepatitis C virus (HCV) seroprevalence in Dutch dialysis units was recently presented at Renal Week 2000, a major conference hosted by the American Society of Nephrology.

According to a survey conducted in The Netherlands by a research team composed of investigators at the University Medical Center in Nijmegen, Dianet, and Bosch Medicentrum, the HCV infection rate in hemodialysis patients was 2.9% in 1996 and 3.4% in 1998.

To determine the reasons behind this persistence, H. van Hamersvelt and other investigators carried out a case-control study comparing newly-identified HCV patients at hemodialysis...

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Source: Hepatitis Weekly (2000-11-20)

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