The seroprevalence of hepatitis and retroviral infection in Jamaican haemodialysis patients
West Indian med. j
; 47(3): 105-107, Sept. 1998.
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ABSTRACT
63 haemodialysis (HD) patients and 63 age and gender matched controls were investigated for hepatitis B surface antigen (HbsAg) and antibodies to hepatitis B virus (anti-HBV), hepatitis C virus (anti-HCV), hepatitis D virus (anti-HDV), human immunodeficiency virus types 1 and 2 (anti-HIV-1 and 2) and human T-cell lymphotropic virus type-1 (anti-HTLV-1). The notable finding was an increase in hepatitis B markers, 34.9in HD patients compared to 19.0in controls (p < 0.02). The seroprevalence of anti-HCV (7.9, p < 0.03) and anti-HTLV-1 (9.5; p < 0.006) was also increased in the patients. Four of the five patients positive for anti-HCV were also seropositive for HBV. Anti-HIV and anti-HDV were not detectable in the HD patients in this study. The possibility of HTLV-1 being transmitted by organ transplantation is raised. The seropositivity rate for hepatitis B and C increased with duration on dialysis, but it is unlikely that it was related to the number of blood transfusions since 50with no transfusion were HBV seropositive.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
LILACS
Asunto principal:
Diálisis Renal
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Hepatitis B
Tipo de estudio:
Clinical_trials
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Diagnostic_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Screening_studies
Límite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Región como asunto:
Caribe ingles
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Jamaica
Idioma:
En
Revista:
West Indian med. j
Asunto de la revista:
MEDICINA
Año:
1998
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Jamaica
Pais de publicación:
Jamaica