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ArticleIranian journal of public health2020

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

Fatemeh Hatatian, Farzad Babakhani, Hoda Gudarzi, Navid Momenifar, Mehdi Norouzi, Mina Shafieifar, Ehsan Kakavandi, Ahmadreza Sadeghi, Hedyeh Sharbatdar-Alaei, Mohammad Farahmand and 6 more

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Article in Iranian journal of public health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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16 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

Fatemeh HatatianInflammation and Inflammatory Disease Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Farzad BabakhaniDepartment of Virology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Hoda GudarziDepartment of Virology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Navid MomenifarHuman and Animal Cell Bank, Iranian Biological Resource Center, Academic Center of Education, Culture and Research, Tehran, Iran.
Mehdi NorouziDepartment of Virology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Mina ShafieifarDepartment of Virology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Ehsan KakavandiDepartment of Virology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Ahmadreza SadeghiIranian Tissue Bank and Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Hedyeh Sharbatdar-AlaeiDepartment of Microbial Biotechnology, Faculty of Basic Sciences and Advanced Technologies in Biology, University of Science and Culture, Tehran, Iran.
Mohammad FarahmandDepartment of Virology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Maedeh Amiri-RoudyDepartment of Virology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Hamid Reza JahantighDepartment of Virology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Mobina MadihiDepartment of Virology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Kiandokht BorhaniDepartment of Virology, School of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.
Mehdi AjorlooHepatitis Research Center, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, Iran.
Mojtaba Hedayat YaghoobiDepartment of Infectious Disease, School of Medicine, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran.
Tehran University of Medical Sciences · IRJahrom University of Medical Sciences · IRLorestan University of Medical Sciences · IRMashhad University of Medical Sciences · IRTarbiat Modares University · IRUniversity of Science and Culture · IR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundHemodialysis (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.

methodsFrom Jan 2016 to Dec 2017, 174 hemodialysis and 139 kidney transplant recipients enrolled in this survey. After blood sampling, serum samples were detected for HBV, HCV, HCMV, HIV and HTLV antibodies. Seropositive samples confirmed by Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method.

resultsOverall, 6 (3.44%) and 3 (2.15%) of hemodialysis-dependent and transplantation patients had evidence of HCV infection, whereas no patients were HIV and HBV positive, two cases (1.14%) of hemodialysis and one case (0.71%) of transplantation patients demonstrated the HTLV-1 infection. 52 (37.4%) of patients received graft were positive for HCMV antibody. In addition, our study showed a co-infection of HCMV with HCV (3 patients, 2.15%) in transplantation patients.

conclusionPrevalence of BBVs infection was lower in comparison to the previous studies. The current strict infection control practices in Iran appear to be effective in limiting dialysis and related infections after transplantation. Because BBVs infections constantly occur especially in dialysis and after transplantation units, our data will be useful to build a new strategic plan for the elimination of BBVs infection in kidney therapycenters.

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Hepatitis B virus (HBV)Hepatitis C virus (HCV)Human Cytomegalovirus (HCMV)Kidney transplant

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