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  • 标题:The prevalence of HCV RNA positivity in anti-HCV antibodies-negative hemodialysis patients in Thrace Region. Multicentral study
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  • 作者:Eleni I.Konstantinidou ; Eftychia G.Kontekaki ; Aristidis Kefas
  • 期刊名称:Germs
  • 印刷版ISSN:2248-2997
  • 出版年度:2021
  • 卷号:11
  • 期号:1
  • 页码:52-58
  • DOI:10.18683/germs.2021.1240
  • 语种:English
  • 出版社:European HIV/AIDS and Infectious Diseases Academy
  • 摘要:Introduction HCV infection in patients under hemodialysis for end stage chronic kidney disease (ESCKD) may exist despite the absence of anti-HCV antibodies. Molecular methods are widely accepted as gold standard” techniques for the detection of viral RNA. However, the molecular methods are more expensive in comparison to conventional methods and their replacement is not cost-effective. The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of HCV RNA positivity in anti-HCV negative hemodialysis patients and evaluate new diagnostic methods for the detection and the monitoring of hepatitis C in ESCKD patients.Methods The study was performed in four hospitals of Thrace region of Greece and 233 patients with no history of hepatitis C were enrolled. Measurement of anti-HCV antibodies and HCV core antigen was performed by microparticle chemiluminescence immunoassay. Molecular detection of viral RNA was performed by the real-time RT PCR.Results The mean age of the patients was 64.9 ± 23.3 years. HCV-Ag was positive in 2/233 patients (0.86%). Nevertheless, viral RNA was negative in those patients.Conclusions The results of the present study showed that the incidence of HCV-RNA in patients with negative anti-HCV Abs, in hemodialysis patients in Thrace region of Greece was negligible (0/233).
  • 关键词:TLBO;feature subset selection;NTLBO;IDS;FSS
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