Co infection with hepatitis C virus and hepatitis D virus (HDV) is less common than that with HIV and HCV, although more attention has been given to HCV co infection as a result of its higher frequency of chronic disease. The present investigation was attempted to determine the exact prevalence of hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV) and hepatitis D virus (HDV) infection among liver...

BACKGROUND Many studies have estimated the prevalence of anti-hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibody among hemodialysis (HD) patients; however, the prevalence of HCV core antigen-which indicates the presence of chronic HCV infection-is not known. METHODS Standardized prevalence ratios (SPRs) for anti-HCV antibody and HCV core antigen among HD patients (n = 1214) were calculated on the basis of data...

Hepatitis B (HBV) and Hepatitis C (HCV) are blood borne pathogens which are health problems globally [1]. HBV and HCV viruses are the major cause of viral hepatitis. The cause acutechronic hepatitis which can lead cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma [2]. It is estimated that 240 million people are infected with HBV and 130-170 million with HCV. Chronic hepatitis B and C are the cause of 60-7...

OBJECTIVE To estimate the prevalence of hepatitis B virus and C virus infections and their genotypes and analyze the risk factors for the markers of exposure to hepatitis B virus in female sex workers in a region of intense sex trade. METHODS This is a cross-sectional study performed with four hundred and two female sex workers in Goiânia, Brazil. Data have been collected using the Respondent...

patients and methods five hundred and sixteen serum samples of the patients undergoing hemodialysis and kidney transplantation from various cities of khuzestan province were collected. anti-hepatitis g e2 antibodies were investigated by elisa method. rnas were extracted from serums and hepatitis g rna was detected by rt-pcr. results of the 516 samples, 38 (7.36%) specimens were positive for ant...

Hepatitis C virus remains a large health care burden to the world. Incidence rates across the world fluctuate and are difficult to calculate given the asymptomatic, often latent nature of the disease prior to clinical presentation. Prevalence rates across the world have changed as well with more countries aware of transfusion-related hepatitis C and more and more evidence supporting intravenous...

today, chronic viral hepatitis is considered as a public health problem in the world. totally, 5% of the world population, especially in asia and africa suffer from this problem. the prevalence of acute hepatitis in america is 0.1-0.2 percent, 50% of those with hepatitis c (hcv) and 5-10% of them with hepatitis b (hcv) develop chronic hepatitis. determining hbv and hcv genotypes is important to...

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 ...

background thalassemia patients are at risk of blood borne viral infections because of repeated transfusion of blood products. objectives we aimed to determine the prevalence of hepatitis c virus (hcv) infection in these patients in zabol, iran. methods this study was conducted on 152 patients with thalassemia at the center of special diseases of zabol. demographic data were collected and serum...