| Revista: | The brazilian journal of infectious diseases |
| Base de datos: | PERIÓDICA |
| Número de sistema: | 000290956 |
| ISSN: | 1413-8670 |
| Autores: | Moreira, Regina Celia1 Lemos, Marcilio Figueiredo2 Longui, Carlos Alberto3 Granato, Celso4 |
| Instituciones: | 1Instituto Adolfo Lutz, Servico de Virologia, Sao Paulo. Brasil 2Irmandade da Santa Casa de Misericordia de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo. Brasil 3Santa Casa de Sao Paulo, Faculdade de Ciencias Medicas, Sao Paulo. Brasil 4Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, Faculdade de Infeccoes Infecciosas e Parasitarias, Sao Paulo. Brasil |
| Año: | 2005 |
| Periodo: | Ago |
| Volumen: | 9 |
| Número: | 4 |
| Paginación: | 269-275 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Tipo de documento: | Artículo |
| Enfoque: | Caso clínico |
| Resumen en inglés | Hepatitis C is a serious public health problem throughout the world; chronic renal patients are highly exposed to this infection. This could be due to a failure to identify carriers of this disease or because of a lack of truly effective biosafety measures implemented in the dialysis units. Molecular biology techniques have allowed for the understanding of this virus in detail, including its replication mechanisms. Epidemiological studies have been made throughout the world, with the goal of determining the dissemination dynamics of this agent, in addition to examining the predominance of the different genotypes, and the possible mutants that are involved. Many questions must still be answered concerning infection by Hepatitis C virus (HCV); this is especially important for immunosuppressed patients |
| Disciplinas: | Biología, Medicina |
| Palabras clave: | Genética, Virus, Nefrología, Salud pública, Virus de la hepatitis C, Genotipos, Hemodiálisis |
| Keyword: | Biology, Medicine, Genetics, Virus, Nephrology, Public health, Hepatitis C virus, Genotypes, Hemodialysis |
| Texto completo: | Texto completo (Ver HTML) |
