background the rate of mother-to-infant hepatitis c virus (hcv) transmission is relatively low, however, this mode of infection is the most important route for childhood hcv involvement. the chances of transmission are increased by the level of maternal hcv viraemia and maternal human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) co infection. objectives the objective of the present study was to determine the p...

background hiv and hcv infections are basic issues of many health systems. since hiv and hcv are transmitted similarly, it is common to become infected by them simultaneously. no consensus exists on the effect of hcv infection on the survival of hiv-infected patients. objectives this study aimed to investigate the issue in a relatively large cohort of patients who had a high prevalence of this ...

Abstract Introduction Despite the effectiveness of new therapies and awareness campaigns, number seropositive patients is increasing every year. Recently, other causes death, not directly related to HIV, have emerged, such as chronic liver disease. The risk hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) seven times greater in HIV than noninfected patients, it especially attributable HCV infection. aim our stud...

People with hemophilia were formerly at very high risk of infection with hepatitis C virus (HCV). Approximately 20% of HCVinfected patients spontaneously clear the virus. To identify correlates of spontaneous clearance of HCV, we studied a cohort of HCV-infected hemophilic subjects without human immunodeficiency virus infection who had never been treated with interferon. Plasma HCV RNA was pers...

UNLABELLED Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a major cause of chronic hepatitis worldwide. Scavenger receptor class B type I (SR-BI) has been shown to bind HCV envelope glycoprotein E2, participate in entry of HCV pseudotype particles, and modulate HCV infection. However, the functional role of SR-BI for productive HCV infection remains unclear. In this study, we investigated the role of SR-BI as an e...

INTRODUCTION The influence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection on long-term outcomes of patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is unclear. Therefore, this study aimed to analyse the impact of HCV infection on 12-year mortality rates after AMI using data from the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database (NHIRD). METHODS NHIRD data for approximately 23 000 000 patients betwe...

over 170 million patients worldwide are chronically infected with hepatitis c virus ( hcv ); making it a globally important infection. dentists constantly handle sharp instruments infected with biological fluids and are therefore considered at high-risk of contracting hcv infection. needle-stick injuries seem to be the most common route of exposure to blood-borne pathogens in dental practice. m...

The precise role of adaptive immune responses in the clinical outcome of HCV infection is still only partially defined. Recent studies suggest that viral-host cell interactions during the acute phase of infection are essential for viral clearance or progression into chronic HCV infection. This review focuses on different aspects of the adaptive immune responses as determinants of the different ...

Tuberculosis (TB) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection contribute to major disease mortality and morbidity worldwide. However, the causal link between HCV infection and TB risk remains unclear. We conducted a population-based cohort study to elucidate the association between HCV infection and TB disease by analyzing Taiwan National Health Insurance Database. We enrolled 5454 persons with HCV i...

Mongolia has one of the highest viral hepatitis infection (B, C, and D) rates in world. The aims this study were to increase awareness disease promote screening Mongolian community living Spain. Through a native worker, adults invited program consisting an educational activity, epidemiological questionnaire, rapid point-of-care testing for B C. In those positive, blood extraction was performed ...