The prevalence of anti-HCV(+) in HD has decreased markedly over the last decade in the participating units from most European countries. This decrease should reduce further the risk of nosocomial and occupational HCV infection in HD and ultimately contribute to improved long-term prognosis of HD patients and kidney graft recipients.

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Searching for dues to the evolution of the primate T-lymphotroplc viruses (PTLVs), which include the human and the simian T-lymphotopic viruses TLV and STLV), we have Identified o r PTLV, which differs suf7 ently from the known PTLV-I and PFLV-U tpes to be desigated here PTLV-L. The virus was Isolated from a wild-born baboon (Papio kWaiyas) from Eritrea. In a cDNA library a 1802-bp-long fragment was Idenfed that extends from the env region, In ldng the complete transmembrane protein gene, to part of the tax/rex gene. Hiomldgies at the nucleotde sequence level of PTLV-L, prototype imian T-lymphotropc virus-PH969, with HTLV-I and -H, respectively, were 62% and 64% overal, 65% and 70% In theenv regon, and 80% and 80% in the partial tax/rex sequence. In the 5'