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 demog...

Differences may occur in the mode of transmission of Helicobacter pylori between developed and developing countries: direct human-to-human contacts have been suggested as the primary route in the former while the fecal-oral route, also, through contaminated water, in the latter. Data on intrafamilial transmission of H. pylori among children continue to be produced. The importance of low socioec...

Postnatal horizontal transmission of hepatitis B virus (HBV) in early childhood seems to be the predominant method by which high hepatitis B carrier rates in the Middle East are maintained. The prevalence of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) positive status among siblings of HBV carriers is similar during childhood and adulthood, suggesting that childhood intrafamilial transmission patterns p...

introduction: hepatitis b virus (hbv) infection is a serious global public health problem affecting billions of people globally. the lack of information of its seroprevalence among the general population is an obstacle for formulating effective policies to reduce the burden viral hepatitis. therefore, this population based serological survey was conducted in kurdistan province, where no epidemi...

OBJECTIVE To determine intrafamilial seropositivity of HBV and HCV and to compare them in families of infected persons with HBV and HCV in Hamadan clinic of hepatitis. MATERIAL AND METHODS In this analytic cross-sectional study, 651 family members of 200 HBV and HCV infection index cases were entered into the study and after signing an informed consent, they were referred to Blood Transfusion...

Recent research has linked sexual assaults with disordered eating behaviors. Whether the relationship of the perpetrator, intrafamilial or extrafamilial affects the development of disturbed eating is not known. Using data from 190 university women, we found that women with histories of intrafamilial assaults were more likely to suffer a serious eating problem (17 of 36 subjects, 47%) than women...