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The article presents a case study of a 44-year-old white male with chronic hepatitis C in kidney transplant. It notes the development of stable chronic transplant dysfunction, with serum creatinine after one of transplantation. It also discusses several tests for the diagnoses of the disease such as serologic tests for hepatitis B, C and HIV and treatment with direct-acting antivirals (DAAs).