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ArticleBMC public health2015

Hepatitis B and C virus infections among patients with end stage renal disease in a low-resourced hemodialysis center in Vietnam: a cross-sectional study.

Cuong Minh Duong, Dariusz Piotr Olszyna, Mary-Louise McLaws

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Article in BMC public health, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Cuong Minh DuongSchool of Public Health and Community Medicine, UNSW Medicine, UNSW Australia, Level 3 Samuels Building, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia. minh.duong@student.unsw.edu.au.
Dariusz Piotr OlszynaDivision of Infectious Diseases, University Medicine Cluster, National University Health System, Singapore, Singapore. mdcdpo@nus.edu.sg.
Mary-Louise McLawsSchool of Public Health and Community Medicine, UNSW Medicine, UNSW Australia, Level 3 Samuels Building, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia. m.mclaws@unsw.edu.au.
UNSW Sydney · AUNational University Health System · SG

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundHemodialysis services in Vietnam are being decentralised outside of tertiary hospitals. To identify the challenges to infection control standards for the prevention of bloodborne infections including hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) we tested the magnitude of HBV and HCV infections in the largest unit in Ho Chi Minh City servicing patients with end stage renal disease.

methodsAll 113 patients provided consent HBV surface antigen (HBsAg) and HCV core antigen (HCV-coreAg) testing. Positive patients were tested for viral genotypes. All participants completed a questionnaire on demographic characteristics, risk factors and previous attendance to other hemodialysis units.

resultsSeroprevalence of 113 patients enrolled was 7% (8/113, 95% CI 2.3%-11.8%) HBsAg, 6% (7/113, 95% CI 1.7%-10.6%) HCV-coreAg and 1% (1/113, 95% CI 0.8%-2.6%) co-infection. Having a HBV positive sexual partner significantly increased the risk of acquiring HBV (P = 0.016, Odds Ratio (OR) =29, 95% CI 2-365). Risk factors for HCV included blood transfusion (P = 0.049), multiple visits to different hemodialysis units (P = 0.048, OR = 5.7, 95% CI 1.2-27.5), frequency of hemodialysis (P = 0.029) and AST plasma levels >40 IU/L (P = 0.020, OR = 19.8, 95% CI 2.3-171). On multivariate analysis only blood transfusion remained significant risk factor for HCV (P = 0.027, adjusted OR = 1.2).

conclusionsHCV screening for HCV of blood products must improve to meet the infection prevention challenges of decentralizing hemodialysis services. The level of HCV and HBV in our hemodialysis unit is a warning that universal precautions will be the next challenge for decentralised hemodialysis services in Vietnam.

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AdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overBlood TransfusionCausalityCoinfectionComorbidityCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHepatitis BHepatitis CHumansKidney Failure, ChronicMaleMiddle Aged

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