Open AccessDetection of hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA by PCR among hemodialysis patients attending a tertiary care centre, Mysuru, South India
Author(s) -
R. D Nivedita,
A Tejashree,
Karthik Maruthachalam,
Badveti Satya Sai,
Prasanna Kumar,
Eeshita Dhar
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
international journal of health sciences (ijhs) (en línea)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2550-6978
pISSN - 2550-696X
DOI - 10.53730/ijhs.v6ns2.5567
Subject(s) - hemodialysis , hepatocellular carcinoma , hepatitis c virus , medicine , cirrhosis , population , hepatitis c , tertiary care , virology , virus , environmental health
The infection rate of Hepatitis C virus in chronic hemodialysis (HD) patients is comparitively higher than the normal population. Hepatocellular carcinoma and cirrhosis are the major complications that have been frequently reported among the patients with HCV infection who were on hemodialysis. Hence, continuous monitoring of HCV infection in hemodialysis settings at health care centres may aim towards the assessment and prevention of device induced infection. Hence this current study was aimed to detect the HCV RNA using PCR among hemodialysis patients attending JSS, a tertiary care centre situated in Mysuru, South India.