[Hepatitis-C virus antibody conversion in 3 hemodialysis patients in various dialysis departments].
In three haemodialysis patients, two women of 72 and 35 years and a man of 65 years, who were dialysed in three different dialysis departments, recent seroconversion of hepatitis C was observed. The source of the infection and the transmission route remained unknown.
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Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieuhygiëne, Laboratorium voor Virologie, Bilthoven.
Hoogenboom-Verdegaal
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D016174:Hepacivirus / Q000276:immunology*; D006508:Hepatitis Antibodies / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000635:transmission*; D018937:Hepatitis C Antibodies; D006801:Humans; D015151:Immunoblotting; D008297:Male; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000009:adverse effects*
D006508:Hepatitis Antibodies; D018937:Hepatitis C Antibodies