Hepatitis C virus seropositivity and genotyping by RealTime PCR in a tertiary care hospital in Southern India

Hepatitis C virus seropositivity and genotyping by RealTime PCR in a tertiary care hospital in Southern India

Background Hepatitis C virus is one of the major causes of parenterally acquired hepatitis. HCV genotypes exhibit different profiles of pathogenicity, infectivity and response to antiviral therapy. The study was taken up to detect HCV seropositivity and common genotype prevalence in a tertiary care hospital. The other objectives of the study were to detect probable risk factors and HIV/HBV co i...

Seropositivity Rates For Hepatitis B And C Viruses in a Tertiary Care Centre Of Northern India

Genotyping of hepatitis C virus isolated from hepatitis patients in Southeast of Iran by Taqman Realtime PCR.

OBJECTIVES To check TaqMan Realtime PCR in detecting genotypes of hepatitis C virus in Iran. METHODS From July 2007 to April 2009, HCV genotyping was done on 52 patients who were referred to Research Centre for infectious Disease and Tropical Medicine, in Bou-Ali Hospital, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences. All these patients had proven hepatitis C infection. RESULTS Out of 52 anti HCV...

Seroprevalence of Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C and Human immunodeficiency virus among patients attending a tertiary care hospital, South India

To estimate the prevalence of Human immunodeficiency virus [HIV], Hepatitis B virus [HBV] and Hepatitis C virus[HCV] among patients attending a tertiary care hospital, South India. A cross-sectional study was conducted between November 2015 and August 2016. A total of 71,703 samples [HIV-319, HBV-455, HCV157] were tested for anti-HIV, HBS Ag and anti-HCV using standard serological tests. The pr...

Epidemiology and antifungal susceptibility of Candida species in a tertiary care hospital, Kolkata, India

Background and Purpose: The incidence of fungal infection as well as candidemia has increased significantly, contributing to morbidity and mortality in the developed countries. The alarming increase in infections with multidrug resistant bacteria is due to overuse of a broad spectrum antimicrobials, which leads to over growth of Candida spp.; thus, enhancing its opportunity to cause the disease...