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Evaluation of the Prevalence of Incidental HBV, HCV and HIV Infection Among Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department: A Prospective Cross-sectional Study

Eurasian Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2020
Aim:In this study, we randomized the patients without known hepatitis-B, hepatitis C and HIV infection who presented to the emergency department (ED).
Mehmet Murat Oktay, Behçet Al, Yasemin Zer, Cuma Kılıçoğlu, Mustafa Boğan, Mustafa Sabak, Hasan Gümüşboğa   +6 more
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A Study on the HBV and the HCV Infections in Female Sex Workers and their Co-Infection with HIV [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2013
Background: Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) have been shown to enhance the transmission of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). The Hepatitis B and the Hepatitis C viral infections are highly prevalent among the HIV-infected persons as a ...
Desai Praseeda S, Sharma (neeDutta) Anuradha, Shastri Jayanthi S   +2 more
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Attacking the public health crisis of hepatocellular carcinoma at its roots

Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022
Abstract As the third most common cause of cancer‐related death worldwide with significant mortality rates in the United States, hepatocellular carcinoma has strong association with cirrhosis and chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) with a growing at‐risk population from the rise in chronic liver disease from alcohol use and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.
Hannah M. Lee, Steven D. Lidofsky, Tamar H. Taddei, Lisa J. Townshend‐Bulson   +3 more
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, 2019
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The Prevalence of Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Pregnant Women in Duhok City, Kurdistan Region of Iraq: A Brief Report [PDF]

Women’s Health Bulletin, 2019
Background: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a public health issue, worldwide. HCV infection during pregnancy is associated with vertical transmission. Objectives The current study aimed at investigating the prevalence of HCV in pregnant women.
Nawfal R Hussein, Hashim A Sharaf, Shaveen Mahdi   +2 more
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HCV and Oxidative Stress: Implications for HCV Life Cycle and HCV‐Associated Pathogenesis [PDF]

Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity, 2016
HCV (hepatitis C virus) is a member of the Flaviviridae family that contains a single‐stranded positive‐sense RNA genome of approximately 9600 bases. HCV is a major causative agent for chronic liver diseases such as steatosis, fibrosis, cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma which are caused by multifactorial processes.
Medvedev, Regina, Ploen, Daniela, Hildt, Eberhard   +2 more
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Health disparities in chronic liver disease

Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022
Abstract The syndemic of hazardous alcohol consumption, opioid use, and obesity has led to important changes in liver disease epidemiology that have exacerbated health disparities. Health disparities occur when plausibly avoidable health differences are experienced by socially disadvantaged populations.
Ani Kardashian, Marina Serper, Norah Terrault, Lauren D. Nephew   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Identification of novel neutralizing determinants for protection against HCV

Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022
Identification of novel neutralizing determinants for protection against hepatitis C virus. Abstract Background and Aims HCV evasion of neutralizing antibodies (nAb) results in viral persistence and poses challenges to the development of an urgently needed vaccine.
Garazi P. Alzua, Anne F. Pihl, Anna Offersgaard, Rodrigo Velázquez‐Moctezuma, Carlos R. Duarte Hernandez, Elias H. Augestad, Ulrik Fahnøe, Christian K. Mathiesen, Henrik Krarup, Mansun Law, Jannick Prentoe, Jens Bukh, Judith M. Gottwein   +12 more
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Diagnostic and prognostic performance of urinary neutrophil gelatinase‐associated lipocalin in patients with cirrhosis and acute kidney injury

Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022
Diagnostic and prognostic ability of urinary NGAL in patients with cirrhosis and AKI. Abstract Background and Aims Acute kidney injury (AKI) commonly occurs in patients with decompensated cirrhosis. Urinary neutrophil gelatinase–associated lipocalin (uNGAL) could help discriminate between different etiologies of AKI.
Carmine Gambino, Salvatore Piano, Matteo Stenico, Marta Tonon, Alessandra Brocca, Valeria Calvino, Simone Incicco, Nicola Zeni, Roberta Gagliardi, Chiara Cosma, Martina Zaninotto, Patrizia Burra, Umberto Cillo, Daniela Basso, Paolo Angeli   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Screening for HCV [PDF]

Canadian Medical Association Journal, 2014
We applaud Shah and colleagues[1][1] for raising the issue of establishing a Canadian screening program for hepatitis C. We agree that hepatitis C shows the hallmarks of an infectious disease suited to a screening program,[2][2] but we are concerned that the extrapolation of American data into ...
Fiona G, Kouyoumdjian, Aaron, Orkin, Kathleen, Dooling, Michael, Schwandt   +3 more
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