diabetes, renal failure and hepatitis c infection: the puzzle should be attended more in future

occult hepatitis c infection should be more noticed with new treatment strategies

Occult Hepatitis C Infection Should Be More Noticed With New Treatment Strategies.

Hepatitis C Virus (HCV), as the only member of genus Hepacivirus within the family of Flaviviridae, is the major worldwide health concern. Diagnosis of HCV infection is based on finding antibodies against the virus (HCVantibodies) or HCV-RNA in the serum (1). It is known that some of the recently infected patients can recover from the acute infection. A meta-analysis of almost 700 patients with...

hepatitis c virus infection in patients with chronic renal failure and renal transplantation ecipients

'die presence anil significance of hepatitis c virus infection among patients with chronic renal failure (crf) on hemodialysis and renal transplant recipient were evaluated a pcrioil of 30 months. a total of 125 patients, comprising 25 recieving chronic hemodialysis, 47 renal transplant candidates and 5.1 renal transplant recipients, were studied with a second generation immunoassay (elisa ii)....

Acute viral hepatitis C should be treated.

68 Indian Journal of Gastroenterology 2005 Vol 24 March April A infection due to HCV results in a chronic course in 55% to 85% of cases.1 Chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is one of the leading causes of chronic liver disease, affecting about 170 million people worldwide.2 It is also a major cause of liver failure and hepatocellular carcinoma and is the leading indication for liver tran...

Hepatitis C virus infection and genotypes in blood donors

Abstract: Genotyping of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) is important for designing therapeutic strategies and regional specific diagnostic assays. The aim of this study was to identify the HCV genotypes in HCV infected blood donors. This is the first report on HCV genotypes in blood donors in Iran. In this cross-sectional study, 103 blood donors with hepatitis C were investigated for HCV genotype...

scientific authors should be more careful

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