Relative Frequency of Blood-Borne Viruses in Hemodialysis-Dependent and Kidney Transplant Recipients in Iran

• Main Authors: Fatemeh HATATIAN (Author), Farzad BABAKHANI (Author), Hoda GUDARZI (Author), Navid MOMENIFAR (Author), Mehdi NOROUZI (Author), Mina SHAFIEIFAR (Author), Ehsan KAKAVANDI (Author), Ahmadreza SADEGHI (Author), Hedyeh SHARBATDAR-ALAEI (Author), Mohammad FARAHMAND (Author), Maedeh AMIRI-ROUDY (Author), Hamid Reza JAHANTIGH (Author), Mobina MADIHI (Author), Kiandokht BORHANI (Author), Mehdi AJORLOO (Author), Mojtaba HEDAYAT YAGHOOBI (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 2020-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Hemodialysis (HD) patients and kidney transplant (KT) recipients are exposed to be infected by blood-borne viruses (BBVs). Current study was conducted to evaluate the prevalence of BBVs in HD and KT patients in the whole Iranian population. Methods: From Jan 2016 to Dec 2017, 174 hemodia...