Background Ovarian tissue cryopreservation is an option for patients who require immediate gonagonadotoxic treatment of cancers. when there is insufficient time to conduct ovulation induction This procedure can be used in patients with genetic mutations with a high risk for premature ovarian failure.This strategy is the only option for fertility preservation in prepubertal girls or in women who...

Mosquito borne infectious diseases are among important group of diseases worldwide. Vaccination is available for some tropical mosquito-borne diseases, especially for Japanese encephalitis virus infection and yellow fever. There are also several attempts to develop new vaccines for the other mosquito-borne diseases such as malaria, dengue infection and West Nile virus infection. In this article...

background: hepatitis c virus (hcv) infection is one of the major blood-borne infections worldwide. hcv carriers may develop chronic hepatitis leading to liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (hcc). there is no overall estimate of the infection prevalence in the northeast of iran. we have performed this research in order to determine accurately the prevalence and risk factors of hcv infe...

background and aims: despite the screening of blood donors, blood transfusion represents an ideal port of entry for blood-borne infection. blood-borne pathogen transmission has been a concern since the earliest days of transfusion. the blood product of platelet (plt) concentrates is still faced with the risk of bacterial and viral contaminations. pathogen inactivation technologies offer a proac...

Nocardia asteroides frequently causes primary lung infection with possible hematogenous dissemination to various organs, especially in patients with altered immune responses. The preponderance of pulmonary infections suggests an airborne route of contamination. We report a case of pulmonary nocardiosis in a previously healthy intravenous heroin abuser. The clinical and epidemiologic data strong...

Pathologists are at particularly high risk for blood contamination and skin injuries, so they are vulnerable to blood borne pathogens, like HIV. This article describes the first and the only one documented case of occupational HIV transmission in the world concerning American pathologist. The factors increasing the risk of contracting infection during the autopsy on the patient who has died of ...

Blood borne infectious diseases are usually a public concern. The transmissions of many diseases are via blood borne mode. Several activities are related to this transmission such as injection, blood transfusion and transplantation. Also, the acupuncture practice can be a possible route for blood borne infectious disease transmission. In this specific review, the author briefly reviews acupunct...

Background. Hepatitis B virus (HBV), a highly contagious virus, is circular partial double-stranded DNA virus. C (HCV) an enveloped, single-stranded RNA with major blood-borne infection worldwide. Infection of HBV and HCV among blood donors important public health problem. Objective. To assess the seroprevalence hepatitis viruses associated factors at Bahir Dar Blood Bank, Northwest Ethiopia. M...