conclusions some il-10 promoter gene polymorphisms predisposed the infected hepatitis b virus cases to cirrhosis in our study population. patients and methods totally, 166 patients with chronic hepatitis b infection were enrolled. genotypes at different positions (i.e. -819, - 592, and - 1082) in the il-10 gene promoter were determined. results the c/a genotype at position -592, c/t genotype at...

context hepatitis b virus (hbv) and hepatitis c virus (hcv) infections constitute a major global health problem. about 60,000 and 350,000 deaths occur as the results of hbv and hcv infections, respectively. chronic hepatitis b and c infections are leading causes of cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (hcc) which are considered as the third cancer-associated cause of deaths worldwide. iran su...

patients and methods this study was carried out in 482 hemodialysis patients who had been referred to eight dialysis centers in the mazandaran province in iran from 2012 - 2014. hbs ag, hcv ab, hbs ab and hiv ab were assessed every three months for two years. the patients’ demographic characteristics, including age, gender, area of residence, and duration of dialysis, were noted. the prevalence...

background and aims: recently, a novel dna virus was isolated from the serum of a patient with post-transfusion non a-g hepatitis and named tt virus. the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence tt virus among cirrhotic patients due to hepatitis b & c in infection ahwaz. methods: the prevalence of ttv infection was studied in 41 patients with liver cirrhosis. ttv dna was detected by se...