context hepatitis b virus (hbv) and hepatitis c virus (hcv) infections constitute a major global health problem. about 60,000 and 350,000 deaths occur as the results of hbv and hcv infections, respectively. chronic hepatitis b and c infections are leading causes of cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (hcc) which are considered as the third cancer-associated cause of deaths worldwide. iran su...

Abstract Background Methadone therapy clinics have been recently introduced in Tanzania, aiming at reducing risk behaviors and infection rates of viral hepatitis HIV among people who use drugs. The objective this study was to estimate the prevalence, associated factors knowledge level these conditions drugs attending a methadone clinic Tanzania. Methods We enrolled 253 People using receiving th...

background the transmission of hepatitis b virus (hbv) is parenteral, sexual and prenatal. prevention of vertical transmission of hbv is extremely important, because hbv infection in early life usually results in a chronic carrier state. there has been so much debate about hepatitis b surface antigen (hbsag) screening in pregnant women. objectives the aim of this study was to determine the prev...

background: hepatitis a virus (hav) is a single strand and non-enveloped rna virus. it is usually transmitted by the fe­cal-oral and the blood transfusion routes and causes the hepatitis a disease. clinically, the hepatitis a is usually mild, par­ticularly in children, in whom it is frequently subclinical. the disease is more serious and prolonged in adults. the objective of this study was to f...

conclusions the diagnosis of the high frequency of solitary ttv and co-infection with hbv, in both liver transplanted patients with cryptogenic and determined cirrhosis, emphasized on the importance of ttv infection in the development of cirrhosis, especially in the cases of cryptogenic ones, prompting for further studies the confirm this agent in the etiology of determined cirrhosis. results t...

Background: Infection with hepatitis B virus is a major public health problem worldwide. Globally virus’s prevalence 5.4%, more than one million between them die each year from complications that are essentially cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. The objective of this study to describe epidemiological clinical aspects patients chronic viral monitored in the Military Teaching Hospital Moham...

background the presence of an infected family member significantly increases the risk of hbv transmission, but many socio-demographic and viral characteristics of family members affect the transmission rate. objectives in this study, we have used data mining techniques to investigate the impact of different variables in intrafamilial transmission of hbv infection. patients and methods demograph...