Prevalence and Risk Factors of Hepatitis C infection in hemodialysis Patients (Kermanshah , 1999 – 2000)

Abstract

Background& Objectives: Hepatitis C virus is one of the recently discovered viruses that tend to cause chronic liver disease. Hepatitis C is one of the most common types of viral hepatitis, cirrhosis and carcinoma of liver in hemodialysis patients. The most important Risk factors of Hepatitis C in dialysis patients are blood transfusion , duration of dialysis and kidney transplantation .Today, nosocomial transmission of hepatitis C in dialysis centers is an important problem .