Introduction: Hepatitis B and C are major health problems in many countries, especially developing areas. The frequency of hepatitis B is less than 0.8%, and chronic hepatitis C is less than 0.5% in the general population of Yazd in the center of Iran. Large vehicle drivers have some risk factors for acquiring hepatitis B and C infection. This is important because viral hepatitis complications,...

background viral hepatitis is a systemic infection affecting the liver predominantly. almost all cases of acute viral hepatitis are caused by one of five viral agents: hav, hbv, hcv, hdv and hev. the present study aimed to find out the frequency of various forms of viral hepatitis (hav, hbv, and hcv), route of transmission, the history of vaccination against hepatitis b, and clinical findings i...

Healthcare workers are at high risk of blood borne infections especially Hepatitis B virus (HBV), Hepatitis C virus (HCV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Such an infection may progress to serious consequences. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of HBV, HCV and HIV in all health workers in departments of Surgery in Azadi teaching hospital in Duhok. Anti-HBs antibody po...

BACKGROUND Presence at the same time of HBsAg and anti-HBs antibodies (HBsAg/Ab) is an entity sometimes encountered in chronic hepatitis B (CHB) carriers. OBJECTIVES This study was designed to characterize such serological profiles and to assess the reliability of serological marker quantification by three commercially available assays in this setting. STUDY DESIGN Among 2578 CHB identified...

background: thalassemia patients are more susceptible to hepatitis than the normal population due to the frequent blood transfusions. objective: to determine the immune response of children with major ß-thalassemia, by measuring anti-hepatitis b surface antibody (anti-hbs ab) following the last hbv vaccine injection. methods: this study was carried out on 215 thalassemic children who received t...

Hepatitis B infection is a major global health problem. Sub–saharan Africa particularly affected. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence HBs antigen (HBs Ag) and assess hepatitis vaccine status among medical paramedical staff at Dschang District Hospital. A descriptive cross-sectional conducted Hospital from November 2018 June 2019. All were included, regardless sex or age, vacci...

An 18 yr old previously well male Taiwanese was admitted with malaise, anorexia, and jaundice for two weeks. Results of liver tests were compatible with acute hepatitis. On day 1, he was seronegative for HBsAg, IgM anti-HAV, IgM anti-HBc, IgM anti-CMV, and IgM EBV capsid Ab, but positive for anti-delta in association with anti-HBc and anti-HBs. At follow up on day 5 HBsAg converted to positive ...