context viral hepatitis and the consumption of alcohol are recognized as important reasons for the development of liver disease throughout the world. it would also seem that chronic alcoholism causes more severe and rapid progression of liver disease in patients with chronic hepatitis c, leading to more frequent liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. evidence acquisition the data for thi...

Background: Hepatitis C virus infection (HCV) is a main health problem in our country. It is thought that the transmission of hepatitis C virus (HCV) through the endoscopic procedures is a rare event. The aim of this study was to evaluate the risk of conventional disinfection in the transmission of HCV. Materials and methods: A prospective study, comprising 456 consecutive upper gastrointestin...

viral hepatitis is one of five infectional factors cause early death in all over the world. every day at least one million people die because of viral hepatitis. six hepatitis viruses have been known until now. they are a, b, c, d, e, g, and it is probable that at least two other kinds i.e. f, and h, will be known soon. only hepatitis b is a dna virus, and the others are rna viruses. all viruse...

Literature review shows that hepatitis C infection may increase the risk of non-hodgkin lymphoma. Reactivation of hepatitis B infection has been reported in patients with hairy cell leukemia after chemotherapy and/or splenectomy. We present hepatitis B surface (HBs) antigenemia and concurrent hepatitis C virus (HCV) seropositivity in a case of hairy cell leukemia. Key Words: Hairy cell leukemi...