SUMMARY The current political and economic situation of Indonesia is characterised since 1999 by the transition from thirty years of autocratic leadership to a more democratic, pluralistic and open society. The reform process has already made remarkable progress in the field of human rights. The ongoing decentralisation process is a fundamental change to the political and institutional setup of...

Background: Hepatitis C virus infection (HCV) is a main health problem in our country. It is thought that the transmission of hepatitis C virus (HCV) through the endoscopic procedures is a rare event. The aim of this study was to evaluate the risk of conventional disinfection in the transmission of HCV. Materials and methods: A prospective study, comprising 456 consecutive upper gastrointestin...

The Forensic Anthropology Center at Texas State (FACTS) began accepting whole-body donations for scientific research and educational purposes under the Anatomical Gift Act in 2008. Research conducted with donated whole bodies involves studies taphonomy human decomposition, including reconstructing postmortem interval. Following skeletal elements of all donors are collected, cleaned, permanently...

BACKGROUND Transfusion-transmitted malaria is uncommon in the United States. After the report of three cases of complicated Plasmodium falciparum infection acquired by transfusion, we reviewed all cases of transfusion-transmitted malaria reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from 1963 through 1999. METHODS Information on the patients was from surveillance reports se...

The prevalence of mutations that confer resistance to protease inhibitors and to nucleoside and nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors in 49 blood samples from drug-naïve human immunodeficiency virus type 1-infected blood donors living in Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, in 1998 was evaluated genotypically and phenotypically.

Abstract Background Increasing blood supply safety is one of the most important goals of blood services in the world. In this study, we reviewed the prevalence rate and the trends of three main infections in whole blood donations and strategies for improving blood safety in Yazd blood transfusion center, Iran. Materials and Methods In this cross sectional study, data on hepatitis B, C and ...

As the incidence of having a fatty liver on ultrasound is increasing in east due to unhealthy dietary habits resulting influence west, it important diagnose people who are willing become kidney donors. The future risk diabetes and developing metabolic syndrome not uncommon this population will be already devoid one kidney. increase morbidity mortality such cardiovascular causes can’t ignored. T...

OBJECTIVE To review the short-term and long-term outcomes of using heart donors with a history of substance abuse. METHODS Retrospective chart review was performed of heart recipients over an 8-year span. Charts provided demographics, mechanisms of donor death, and history of substance abuse. Additionally, charts were quarried for post-operative echocardiography and coronary angiogram results...