The seroprevalence and geographic distribution of HTLV-1/2 among blood donors are extremely important to transfusion services. We evaluated the seroprevalence of HTLV-1/2 infection among first-time blood donor candidates in Ribeirão Preto city and region. From January 2000 to December 2010, 1,038,489 blood donations were obtained and 301,470 were first-time blood donations. All samples were scr...

INTRODUCTION Viral hepatitis is a major public health concern in Brazil. There are few past studies on this issue, especially among riparian communities. This study aims at determining the seroprevalence of viral hepatitis B and C in the riparian community of Pacuí Island, within the Cametá municipality of Pará State, Brazil. Moreover, this study aims to investigate the principal risk factors t...

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is an important threat to global public health. Despite the availability of safe and effective prophylactic vaccines, the existence of a large reservoir of chronic carrier patients impedes the eradication of this virus; therefore, HBV-related diseases still rank ninth on the global ranking of causes of mortality (1). Moreover, HBV is considered the fifth most important i...

Abstract Hemodialysis patients are more susceptible to HBV infection because they have low immunity and can be inflicted through an improperly sterilized machine or a tainted blood transfusion. A cross-sectional study aimed the prevalence of among hemodialysis in Aljazeera State, Hospital for Renal Disease Surgery during period between March August 2018. total ninety-one samples were obtained r...

Abstract Objective: to estimate the seroprevalence of arboviruses, syphilis, HIV, and hepatitis B (HBV) in Healthcare Workers (HCW). Methods: a survey among HCW was randomly selected city Bahia-Brazil. The research used structured questionnaire, which collected sociodemographic, occupational, health information 2019. Rapid immunochromatographic tests were track infections. Thus, positive result...

OBJECTIVE To study the seroprevalence and trends of Hepatitis B, C and HIV sero markers in healthy blood donors of Northern Pakistan. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Blood donated by healthy donors from both Armed Forces and civilian population, collected from Jan 1996 to Dec 2000 were tested by Enzyme Linked Immunoassay at Armed Forces Institute of Transfusion Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Demographic data of ...

BACKGROUND Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) infection is a worldwide public health problem. In Nepal, the prevalence of HBV is found to be low (0.9%), although high prevalence (≥8%) of HBV infection is depicted among subgroup/population in the mountain region by various studies. This study assessed the prevalence and the risk of HBV infection among mothers, as well as among the youngest child under 5 ye...

BACKGROUND Although published results are inconsistent, it has been suggested that tattooing and piercing are risk factors for HBV and HCV infections. To examine whether tattooing and piercing do indeed increase the risk of infection, we conducted a study among people with multiple tattoos and/or piercings in The Netherlands who acquired their tattoos and piercings in The Netherlands and/or abr...

OBJECTIVE Chronic hepatitis B virus infection is one of the most serious infections and a major risk factor for deaths from cirrhosis and liver cancer. We estimate age-, sex- and region-specific prevalence of chronic HBV infection and calculate the absolute number of persons being chronically infected. METHODS A systematic review of the literature for studies reporting HBV infection was condu...

Research suggests that HIV-infected individuals who have also been co-infected with HBV face a greater risk of HIV progression. Hepatitis B and infections pose serious public health challenges in sub-Saharan Africa. This study examined the possible co-infection socio-demographic traits attending clinic at referral specialist mission hospital Onitsha, Anambra State, Nigeria. Two hundred twenty (...