Hepatitis C is a viral infection of the liver that results in acute hepatitis and chronic liver disease, including cirrhosis and liver cancer. An estimated 170 million persons are chronically infected worldwide. The Hepatitis C virus is the pathogen agent responsible for hepatitis C. HCV is an enveloped RNA-positive virus of the flaviviridae family. The HCV genome shows remarkable sequence vari...

Introduction:Blood-borne infectious agents are one of the main anxieties of Blood Transfusion Organization in all countries. According to WHO, the blood healthy and blood safety is included ensuring and monitoring of quality and efficiency for all patients requiring blood transfusion. We at the current study intend that survey prevalence HIV Ab, HCV Ab, HBS Ag Among blood donors refer to the Bl...

It is estimated that currently, in the world, approximately 3% of population has chronic hepatitis, hepatitis C virus etiological agent most related to development this pathology. The diversity genotypes (7) and quasi-species HCV, due its high mutation rate, interferes with an effective humoral immunity. aim work precisely evoke those usual drugs used HCV therapy, as well cutting-edge drugs. go...

BACKGROUND/AIMS The role of hepatitis C virus (HCV) in fulminant hepatitis remains controversial. This study was conducted to investigate the risk of fulminant hepatitis C in relation to HCV genotypes and concurrent infection of other viruses. PATIENTS 109 HCV RNA positive patients from 334 consecutive cases hospitalised to a medical centre in northern Taiwan for overt acute viral hepatitis w...

conclusions with our laboratory diagnostic method, it seems that there are no cases of oci in patients with aih. however, we recommend further studies with more samples and more precise laboratory method. results six males and 29 females with mean disease duration of 77.1 ± 39.5 month and mean age of 43.62 ± 12.67 years were investigated. all cases were negative for anti-hcv antibody and we cou...

This study was undertaken to evaluate an enzyme immunoassay (EIA) for hepatitis C virus antibody detection (anti-HCV), using just one antigen. Anti-HCV EIA was designed to detect anti-HCV IgG using on the solid-phase a recombinant C22 antigen localized at the N-terminal end of the core region of HCV genome, produced by BioMérieux. The serum samples diluted in phosphate buffer saline were added ...

hepatitis c virus (hcv) infection has been associated with a plethora of immune and autoimmune perturbations. a variety of conditions ranging from endocrinopathies to different skin diseases has been described in hcv infection. the aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence and clinical significance of hcv infection in patients with graves’ disease (gd). a total of 55 patients with gd ...

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 genotypes....

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...

Hepatitis C (HCV) remains a global health challenge and is transmitted via contact with contaminated blood body fluids. This study aimed To find the factors influencing hepatitis c viral infections to identify its prevalence among populations of Algamosi area, Gezira state central Sudan. cross-sectional community-based was conducted. A total 492 participants were randomly selected from 4 villag...