[Occurrence of antibodies against hepatitis C virus (anti-HCV) in patients on long-term hemodialysis]. / Wystepowanie przeciwcial przeciw wirusowi C zapalenia watroby (anty-HCV) u chorych przewlekle dializowanych.

The prevalence of anti-HCV antibodies, HBs antigenemia and transaminase level were examined in the 136 patients with chronic renal failure on maintenance hemodialysis, treated in dialytic centers of South Poland. In this group anti-HBs and anti-HBc antibodies were also investigated in 60 and 42 patients respectively. Anti-HCV antibodies were present in 16.7-60.0% (mean = 44.1%) of patients depending on the center. These values considerably exceed the percentage of antigen HBs positive patients but they are lower that the percentage of anti-HBs and anti-HBc positive patients.