conclusions the results of this study revealed the important role injection drug use plays as the main cause of hcv spread in isfahan province. effective harm reduction programs should be implemented to prevent new hcv infections. considering the high prevalence of hcv infection among hiv patients, this group should receive special attention. results twenty-eight studies, including 6, 17, 4, an...

conclusions in this study, the prevalence of hcv was 0.2%, which is lower than the mean prevalence in iran (1%). prevalence of hcv had a significant relationship with iv-drug abuse. results the mean age of the participants was 39.7 ± 14.4. among them, 52.2% were female and 29.9% had university degrees. prevalence of hcv-ab+ was about 0.2% with elisa, and 0.14% of entire group were confirmed by ...

introduction: though incarcerated populations are at a high risk of developing hepatitis c virus (hcv) infection, prisoners are not routinely screened for hcv infection. approximately, 1 in 4 of the nearly 2 million prisoners in the u.s. is infected with hcv. injection drug abusers are currently the main risk group. among intravenous drug abusers over the world, the prevalence of hcv varies fro...

background: homeless people are at a higher risk of blood-born infectious diseases. the aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of hiv, hbv, hcv and related risk factors among male homeless people. study design: a cross-sectional study. methods: this study was conducted in khorramabad city, western iran from january to june 2015. a pre-designed validated questionnaire was used to colle...

objective: chronic infection of hepatitis b and hepatitis c are considered as the most important infectious diseases, which lead to drastic consequences such as liver dysfunction. depression is a psychiatric disorder which is concomitantly present in these patients, and decreases the patients’ quality of life. it may lead to suicide, homicide or intentional transmission of infectious to others....

background although it is life-saving, blood transfusion therapy has resulted in risk for transfusion-transmitted infections (ttis) in the majority of sickle cell anemia being patients. objectives the current study aimed to determine the prevalence of hbv, hcv and different genotypes of hcv among sickle cell anemia (sca) patients in ahvaz city, south-western iran. materials and methods a cross-...

background with the advent of highly effective anti-hepatitis c virus (hcv) drugs, efforts to identify infected cases, high-risk groups, and associated risk factors have become the focus of current control measures. objectives to determine the prevalence of the hcv antibody among diabetics and patients with lymphoproliferative disorders (lpd) who presented to the outpatient clinics of a univers...