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VICENTELLIA, Rebeca; ROSALBA OVALLES², Vilma Lloverab  e  APONTEA, Arauca. Seroprevalence of anti-VHC in patients attend at Clinic Inmunology Regional Unit of Maracay, Venezuela. 2003 - 2004. Rev. Soc. Ven. Microbiol. [online]. 2005, vol.25, n.2, pp.105-108. ISSN 1315-2556.

Abstract The anti-HCV seroprevalence was determined in 1615 serums of patients referred to the Clinic Inmunology Regional Unit of the State Aragua, Venezuela. The samples of serum were collected and analyzed by ELISA test, following the manufacturer’s instruction. In 90 patients anti-HCV was detected, what represented a seroprevalence of 5,57% in the studied population. It prevailed lightly in males (53,33%) with regard to female (48,51%). The age average of these patients was 36,12 years old. Most of the patients came from the Girardot Municipality (41,56%). Only 11,24% of the serums of the patients with anti-HCV belonged to hospitalized people. We conclude that in the studied population the anti-HCV seroprevalence is very high

Palavras-chave : Hepatitis C virus; seroprevalence; Venezuela.