Decreased risk of nosocomial transmission of hepatitis B and C viruses among hemodialysis patients in Southern Bulgaria
The study reveals a downward trend in HBV and HCV viremia prevalence among HD patients. To further reduce the risk of nosocomial transmission, vaccination for hepatitis B requires updating.
Authors
- Elitsa Golkocheva‐Markova (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3462-866X)
- Аni Kevorkyan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8990-0459)
- Lubomira Nikolaeva–Glomb (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8008-2821)
- Ralitsa Raycheva (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6417-5681)
- G Kiprin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7412-3076)
- R. Komitova (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4374-8815)
- M. Atanasova (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8376-8370)
- Valeri Tzekov
- Vanya Rangelova (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9270-5996)
- Tanya I Kostadinova
- Tsvetelina Chardakova
- Simon K Sariyan
- Tencho Tenev (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8762-1069)
Institutions
- Medical University Plovdiv (BG)
- St.Caridad Hospital (BG)
- Agricultural University Plovdiv (BG)
- Eurospital (Italy) (IT)
- Institute of Mechanics (BG)
- National Center of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases (BG)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries
- Published
- 2025-05-31
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3855/jidc.20035
- Primary Topic
- Hepatitis B Virus Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00