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Table 4 Patients at high risk for new BBV infection (adapted from National Institute on Drug Abuse website [64]

From: Clinical practice guideline management of blood borne viruses within the haemodialysis unit

Risk factors for new BBV infection

• Injection drug use

• Male to male sexual contact

• Commercial sex workers

• Sexual contact with partners who inject illicit drugs or have BBV infection

• Infected with other BBV

• Recent kidney transplant from a donor known to be infected with BBV

• Recent receipt of health care in intermediate/ high risk countries