Wastewater workers and hepatitis A virus infection. [PDF]
The main occupational hazard of wastewater workers (WWs) is the direct exposure to the variety of infectious agents present in sewage material, with hepatitis A virus (HAV) being the most frequent one.
CACACE, GIANLUCA +3 more
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The indigenous populations of the Arctic regions of Russia experience the lowest coverage of health-related services. We assessed the prevalence of hepatitis A, B, C, D and E viruses (HAV, HBV, HCV, HDV and HEV) among 367 healthy adult Native people of ...
Vera S. Kichatova +12 more
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Prevalence and risk factors of Hepatitis A in children in Tabriz, Iran [PDF]
Introduction: Hepatitis A is the most common viral hepatitis during childhood especially in developing countries. It is, usually, self-limiting, but may be associated with severe complications in some patients particularly those with comorbidities ...
Mandana Rafeey, Maryam Shoaran
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The Change in the Susceptible Populations with the Shift in Hepatitis A Epidemiology
Aim: The incidence of hepatitis A (HepA) has decreased due to vaccination and improved hygiene conditions. However, the age of onset of the disease has shifted from childhood to adulthood.
Feruze Enç +4 more
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A hepatitis C virus (HCV) fertőzés pathogenesise: a genetikai és az immunológiai tényezők, valamint az oxidativ stress szerepe és a kórokozó virus sajátosságai, különös tekintettel a HCV-okozta betegségekben és a tünetmentes virushordozó állapotban = Pathogenesis of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection: the role of the genetic and immunological factors, the oxidative stress and the viral features in the HCV-related diseases and in the symptomfree virus carriers [PDF]
Genetikai, immunológiai és környezeti tényezők potenciális szerepe krónikus hepatitis C virus (HCV) infekcióban: összehasonlitó vizsgálatok aktiv HCV hepatitises betegekben és tünetmentes "egészséges" virushordozókban. 1.
Berki, Timea +5 more
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Genetic heterogeneity of hepatitis E virus in Darfur, Sudan, and neighboring Chad. [PDF]
The within-outbreak diversity of hepatitis E virus (HEV) was studied during the outbreak of hepatitis E that occurred in Sudan in 2004. Specimens were collected from internally displaced persons living in a Sudanese refugee camp and two camps implanted ...
Andraghetti, R +7 more
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Background Recent GWAS-associated studies reported that single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in ABCB1, TGFβ1, XRCC1 genes were associated with hepatitis A virus (HAV) infection, and variants of APOA4 and APOE genes were associated with and hepatitis E ...
Maolin Gu +6 more
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Baseline anti-NS4a antibodies in combination with on-treatment quantitative HCV-RNA reliably identifies nonresponders to pegylated interferon-ribavirin combination therapy after 4 weeks of treatment [PDF]
Background Early detection of nonresponders to hepatitis C therapy limits unnecessary exposure to treatment and its side-effects. A recent algorithm combining baseline anti-NS4a antibodies and on-treatment quantitative PCR identified nonresponders to a ...
de Knegt, Robert J +8 more
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Epidemiological patterns of hepatitis B virus (HBV) in highly endemic areas [PDF]
This paper uses meta-analysis of published data and a deterministic mathematical model of hepatitis B virus (HBV) transmission to describe the patterns of HBV infection in high endemicity areas.
W. J. Edmunds +20 more
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INTRODUCTION: Viral hepatitis and HIV are a global health problem causing acute and chronic infections. The aim of this study was to determine the HBsAg, Anti-HBs, Anti-HCV, anti-HAV IgG and Anti-HIV seropositivity rates in clinical samples sent from ...
Duygu Kübra Tuna +2 more
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