From: Hepatitis B virus infection in Haemodialysis Centres from Santa Catarina State, Southern Brazil. Predictive risk factors for infection and molecular epidemiology
Group
n
Anti-HCV +ve
HCV infection*
Haemodialysis Patients (HP)
813
276 (33.9%)
274 (33.4%)
HP Controls
623
7 (1.1%)
5 (0.8%)
Health care Workers (HCW)
149
7 (4.7%)
4 (2.7%)
HCW Controls
0