Seroprevalence of Hepatitis B Surface Antigen, Anti-Hepatitis B Surface and Anti-Hepatitis C Virus Among Pregnant Women Residing in Şırnak Province

Hepatitis B Surface Antigen Prevalence among Pregnant Women in Rafsanjan City, Iran, 2003

Prevalence of Hepatitis B Surface Antigen and Associated Risk Factors with Hepatitis B Infection among Pregnant Women in Northeast of Iran

Background and Aims: Almost 350 million people worldwide are carriers of hepatitis B virus. The rate of chronic carriers in Iran is about 3%.  Therefore Iran is categorized as a country with moderate rate of infection with this virus. In developing countries, transmission from mother to fetus and newborn is considered as one of the main routes of transmission. So, this study investigated t...

Seroprevalence of Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C and Human

Abstract Background Thalassemia patients that are conventionally treated by a regular transfusion regimen are exposed to blood born viral infections.The aim of this study was to investigate the seroprevalence of hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV) , and human Immunodeficiency virus(HIV) among all multitransfused thalassemia patients in west north of Iran. Material and methods A...

EXPRESSION OF HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN IN SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE

The genome of HB V virus of serotype ayw cloned in pBR322 and expression shuttle vector p YES2 were used for construction of the HBsAg chimeric genes and their expression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Two recombinant plasmids were constructed. One of them contained the coding sequences for the major polypeptide of surface antigen. Another construct carried the major polypeptide with the pre-S2 a...

Seroprevalence of Hepatitis B and C among Pregnant Women

Introduction: Infections due to Hepatitis B and C are important health issues all over the world. Hepatitis B and C prevalence is increasing among pregnant women in developing countries. It is serious problem because of maternal mortality and transmission of virus from mother to child. This study was designed to determine the frequency of Hepatitis B and C among the pregnant women in Sheikh Zay...