title: [Prevalence and risk factors of hepatitis C virus infection in patients on hemodialysis: results of a Moroccan study].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Infection with the hepatitis C virus (HCV) is the leading cause of chronic hepatitis in patients on hemodialysis. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of infection with this virus and its main risk factors among chronic hemodialysis patients treated at the Mohammed V military teaching hospital in Rabat, Morocco.
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective study of 141 patients with chronic end-stage kidney disease receiving hemodialysis between April 2010 and September 2012, including testing for anti-HCV antibodies and HCV RNA.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The prevalence of HCV assessed by PCR in chronic hemodialysis patients treated at our hospital was 12.1%. Risk factors associated with this prevalence included duration of hemodialysis and transfusions.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The prevalence of HCV among patients receiving hemodialysis in Morocco is gradually declining and the most important risk factors (transfusions and duration of hemodialysis) are becoming progressively less important.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire pôle biologie hôpital militaire d'instruction Mohamed-V, Rabat, Maroc.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Doblali
authors.affiliation: Service de néphrologie, dialyse et transplantation rénale, hôpital militaire d'instruction Mohamed-V, Hay Ryad CP 1000, Rabat, Maroc.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bahadi
authors.affiliation: Service de néphrologie, dialyse et transplantation rénale, hôpital militaire d'instruction Mohamed-V, Hay Ryad CP 1000, Rabat, Maroc.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: El Amrani
authors.affiliation: Service de néphrologie, dialyse et transplantation rénale, hôpital militaire d'instruction Mohamed-V, Hay Ryad CP 1000, Rabat, Maroc.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Benyahia
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009018:Morocco / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors
keywords: Morocco; chronic hemodialysis; prevalence; viral hepatitis C