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SERO‐CONVERSION OF HCV NEGATIVE PATIENTS: A EUROPEAN STUDY ON SERO‐CONVERSION OF HCV NEGATIVE PATIENTS: A EUROPEAN STUDY ON
Author(s) -
Zampieron A.,
Jayasekera H.,
Elseviers M.,
Lindley E.,
Vos J.Y.,
Harrington M.,
Ormandy P.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
edtna‐erca journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.381
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 1755-6686
pISSN - 1019-083X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-6686.2006.tb00446.x
Subject(s) - epidemiology , medicine , european region , transmission (telecommunications) , population , environmental health , geography , engineering , regional science , electrical engineering
This paper reports part of the findings from a larger study reported earlier, the European study on epidemiology and the management of HCV in the haemodialysis population (1). Centres recruited to the larger study were monitored for a further one year observation period to measure and generate a deeper understanding of HCV sero‐conversion. From 4724 patients who were studied at the baseline, in 68 centres, only 13 patients were found to have sero‐converted. These sero‐conversions occurred in 7 hospitals within 5 different countries. Possible routes of transmission and risk factors are described with respect to the individual centres and good practice recommendations based on current evidence presented.