the association between oral lichen planus and hepatitis c virus infection; a report from northeast of iran

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sina gerayli department of biology, faculty of sciences, ferdowsi university of mashhad, mashhad, ir iran

zahra meshkat antimicrobial resistance research center, mashhad university of medical sciences, mashhad, ir iran

alireza pasdar department of modern sciences and technologies, faculty of medicine, mashhad university of medical sciences, mashhad, ir iran; division of applied medicine, medical school, university of aberdeen, foresterhill, aberdeen, uk

pegah mosannen mozafari oral and maxillofacial diseases research center, school of dentistry, mashhad university of medical sciences, mashhad, ir iran; oral and maxillofacial diseases research center, school of dentistry, mashhad university of medical sciences, mashhad, ir iran. tel: +98-5138829501, fax: +98-5138829500

abstract

conclusions our investigation illustrated that the prevalence of hepatitis c was higher among olp patients compared to the control group. these findings are in line with previous results that reported a hepatitis c prevalence of 0.19% among the general population of mashhad. results of the 134 olp patients only three (2.23 %) had hcv infection where both anti-hcv and hcv-rna were positive. all controls were negative for both anti-hcv and hcv-rna (p = 0.082). background the association between hepatitis c virus (hcv) infection and oral lichen planus (olp) has been the focus of many studies. fifteen percent of hcv infections lead to sets of extrahepatic manifestations including lichen planus (lp). the prevalence of hcv is heavily influenced by geographical location. objectives this study aimed to evaluate the relationship between olp and hcv infection in mashhad, northeast of iran. materials and methods blood samples were taken from 134 olp patients and 134 healthy controls (without olp) to screen for anti-hcv by elisa (third generation) and reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (rt-pcr) for hcv-rna.

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jundishapur journal of microbiology

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