Molecular characterization and genotyping of hepatitis C virus from Sudanese end-stage renal disease patients on haemodialysis.
Trodia ZithaChien-Yu ChenHatim MudawiWaleed HusseinMaowia MukhtarMazin ShigidiMohamed Elamin Awad YousifMohammed Ahmed AliDieter GlebeAnna KramvisPublished in: BMC infectious diseases (2022)
HCV infection is highly prevalent in haemodialysis patients from Sudan, with phylogenetic analysis intimating nosocomial infection. HCV genotyping is useful to locate potential transmission chains and to enable individualized treatment using highly effective direct-acting antivirals (DAAs).
Keyphrases
- end stage renal disease
- chronic kidney disease
- peritoneal dialysis
- hepatitis c virus
- ejection fraction
- human immunodeficiency virus
- prognostic factors
- high throughput
- genome wide
- climate change
- escherichia coli
- drug resistant
- multidrug resistant
- methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus
- combination therapy
- patient reported
- klebsiella pneumoniae