title: [Hepatitis-C virus antibody conversion in 3 hemodialysis patients in various dialysis departments].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieuhygiëne, Laboratorium voor Virologie, Bilthoven.
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Schneeberger
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hoogenboom-Verdegaal
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: van Es
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Schreuder
mesh_terms: 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*
chemical_list: D006508:Hepatitis Antibodies; D018937:Hepatitis C Antibodies