Abstract

Patients on hemodialysis are at high-risk for hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection compared to the general population. This infection in such patients can cause increased morbi-mortality. There still have insufficient data on occult HBV infection (OBI) in this group. The aim was to determine first the prevalence of OBI in a hemodialysis population at Hedi Chaker University Teaching Hospital in Sfax and then to identify the associated factors.

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