Table 1.
Prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibodies and HCV-RNA in 2796 haemodialysis patients
Parameter | n (%) |
HCV antibody and/or HCV-RNA positive | 195 (7.0) |
HCV antibody positive | 171 (6.1) |
HCV-RNA positive | 111 (4.0) |
HCV-RNA positive; HCV antibody negative | 24 (0.8) |
HCV-RNA and HCV antibody negative | 2591 (93) |