status of hepatitis b immunization in medical stuffs at children medical center hospital-tehran

Status of Hepatitis B Immunization in Medical Stuffs at Children Medical Center Hospital-Tehran

Introduction: Hepatitis B is a disease caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV), which is transmitted through percutaneous (i.e., puncture through the skin) or mucosal (i.e., direct contact with mucous membranes) exposure to infectious blood or body fluids. HBV can cause chronic infection, resulting in cirrhosis of the liver, liver cancer, liver failure, and death. Persons with chronic infection a...

Status of Hepatitis B Immunization in Medical Stuffs at Children Medical Center Hospital-Tehran

Introduction: Hepatitis B is a disease caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV), which is transmitted through percutaneous (i.e., puncture through the skin) or mucosal (i.e., direct contact with mucous membranes) exposure to infectious blood or body fluids. HBV can cause chronic infection, resulting in cirrhosis of the liver, liver cancer, liver failure, and death. Persons with chronic infection a...

Incidence of Coinfection between Rotavirus and Some Enteropathogenic Agents in Children Referred to Children Medical Center Hospital, Tehran, 2009

Background and Aims: One of the major causes of acute diarrhea in children during the cold season in Iran is infection by rotavirus. Children infected with rotavirus often require hospitalization. Several studies on human and animals have shown that enterotoxigenic Escherichia.coli and rotavirus are the most common coinfection causing diarrhea. There are other reports indicating occurrence of r...

Immunization manual for medical and nursing students ''Hepatitis B Disease''

Seroepidemiology of Varicella Zoster Virus among children, adolescents and medical students in a referral children medical center, Tehran, Iran

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Varicella is a benign childhood infection with considerable complication in none immune adults. The aim of this study was to survey Varicella Zoster Virus (VZV) seroepidemiology in children, adolescents and medical students in Children Medical Center, Tehran, Iran. MATERIAL AND METHODS In this cross sectional study, serum sample of children, adolescents 10 to 18 years...

Parvovirus B19 Infection Frequency in Placenta of Fetal Loss Cases in Children Medical Center, Tehran, Iran

  Background and Objectives: Infection with parvovirus may induce spontaneous abortion, non-immune hydrops fetalis, and intrauterine death in full term infants. The aim of this study was to determine the frequency of parvovirus B19 in paraffin-embedded formalin fixed placental tissues in lost fetuses by PCR method and comparison with its frequency in healthy full term neonates as controls. Ma...