Table 2 Distribution of different HCV genotypes with relation to different risk factors in HD patients
From: Rising burden of Hepatitis C Virus in hemodialysis patients
Variables | Distribution of different genotypes of HCV in HD patients | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | 1a | 1b | 2a | 2b | 3a | 3b | 4a | untypable | mixed | Total |
H/O of blood transfusion | 14 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 36 | 20 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 99 |
H/O of surgery | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
H/O of IDU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
H/O of multiple sexual exposure | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
House hold contacts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
H/O of dental treatment | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 19 |
H/O of barber shop | 12 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 34 | 16 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 100 |
H/O of needle sharing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
H/O piercing procedures | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 20 |