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Awareness and prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection among pregnant women in Nigeria: A national pilot cross-sectional study

Women's Health, 2021
Background: There are no national data on hepatitis C virus awareness and burden among pregnant women to justify its routine screening. Objectives: To investigate awareness, seroprevalence and risk factors for hepatitis C virus infection among pregnant ...
George Uchenna Eleje, Ayyuba Rabiu, Ikechukwu Innocent Mbachu, Godwin Otuodichinma Akaba, Olabisi Morebise Loto, Hadiza Abdullahi Usman, Preye Owen Fiebai, Rebecca Chinyelu Chukwuanukwu, Ngozi Nneka Joe-Ikechebelu, Chike Henry Nwankwo, Stephen Okoroafor Kalu, Chinyere Ukamaka Onubogu, Chukwuanugo Nkemakonam Ogbuagu, Shirley Nneka Chukwurah, Chinwe Elizabeth Uzochukwu, Samuel Oluwagbenga Inuyomi, Bukola Abimbola Adesoji, Uchenna Chukwunonso Ogwaluonye, Ekene Agatha Emeka, Richard Obinwanne Egeonu, Odion Emmanuel Igue, Chiamaka Henrietta Jibuaku, Ogbonna Dennis Okoro, Prince Ogbonnia Aja, Chiamaka Perpetua Chidozie, Hadiza Sani Ibrahim, Fatima Ele Aliyu, Aisha Ismaila Numan, Solace Amechi Omoruyi, Ijeoma Chioma Oppah, Ubong Inyang Anyang, Aishat Ahmed, Osita Samuel Umeononihu, Eric Okechukwu Umeh, Sussan Ifeyinwa Nweje, Ifeoma Clara Ajuba, Chukwuemeka Chukwubuikem Okoro, Arinze Anthony Onwuegbuna, Emeka Philip Igbodike, Ifeanyi Kingsley Nwaeju, Ibrahim Adamu Yakasai, Oliver Chukwujekwu Ezechi, Joseph Ifeanyichukwu Ikechebelu   +42 more
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Strong correlation by ultrasonography of hepatomegaly and the presence of co-infection in HIV/HCV cirrhotic patients

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2013
Objectives: Progression of hepatic fibrosis is accelerated in patients co-infected with human immunodeficiency virus and hepatitis C virus compared to hepatitis C virus mono-infected patients.
Denise Cerqueira Paranaguá Vezozzo, Maria Cassia Mendes-Correa, Marlone Cunha-Silva, Mónica Viviana Alvarado-Mora, João Ítalo Dias França, José Luiz Sebba, Antonio Carlos Nicodemo, Claudia P.M.S. Oliveira, Flair José Carrilho   +8 more
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Seroprevalence of hepatitis A virus, hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, and syphilis among human immunodeficiency virus-infected people at a university hospital, Turkey

Archives of Medical Science, 2020
Introduction Infections such as viral hepatitis and syphilis that share similar transmission routes with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) may adversely affect the course of the disease.
Heval Can Bilek, Aydın Deveci, Esra Aksakal Tanyel   +2 more
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Hepatitis C Virus and Hepatitis B Virus Co-Infection

Viruses, 2020
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) and hepatitis B virus (HBV) co-infection can be encountered in either virus endemic countries. Co-infection can also be found in populations at risk of parenteral transmission.
Yi-Fen Shih, Chun-Jen Liu
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‘It’s been a long haul, a big haul, but we’ve made it’: hepatitis C virus treatment in post-transplant patients with virus recurrence: An interpretative phenomenological analysis [PDF]

, 2018
The lived experience of both interferon-based and new interferon-free treatments in patients with hepatitis C virus remains understudied. To explore their journey through hepatitis C virus treatment, we interviewed seven post-transplant patients with ...
Chouliara, Zoe, Dickson, Adele, Flowers, Paul, Hayes, Peter, Krzeczkowska, Anna   +4 more
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Rad51 Interacts with Non-structural 3 Protein of Hepatitis C Virus and Regulates Viral Production

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2017
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a leading cause of chronic liver disease affecting over 170 million people worldwide. Chronic infection with HCV progresses to liver fibrosis, cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma.
Kidong Son, Kidong Son, Kidong Son, Tram T. T. Nguyen, Tram T. T. Nguyen, Jae-Woong Choi, Jae-Woong Choi, Long V. Pham, Long V. Pham, Trang T. D. Luong, Trang T. D. Luong, Yun-Sook Lim, Soon B. Hwang, Soon B. Hwang   +13 more
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Experiences of diagnosis, stigma, culpability, and disclosure in male patients with hepatitis C virus: an interpretative phenomenological analysis [PDF]

, 2019
The current study aimed to explore the lived experience of patients with hepatitis C virus infection. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with seven male participants living with hepatitis C virus and were analysed using interpretative ...
Adele Dickson, Anna Krzeczkowska, Hopwood M, Lowe D, Paul Flowers, Peter Hayes, Poynard T, Smith JA, Stuenkel D, Tompkins CNE, Wasley A, Zoe Chouliara   +11 more
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Abl Tyrosine Kinase Regulates Hepatitis C Virus Entry

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2017
Abl is a central regulator of multiple cellular processes controlling actin dynamics, proliferation, and differentiation. Here, we showed that knockdown of Abl impaired hepatitis C virus (HCV) propagation.
Saehong Min, Saehong Min, Yun-Sook Lim, Dongjo Shin, Dongjo Shin, Chorong Park, Chorong Park, Jae-Bong Park, Seungtaek Kim, Marc P. Windisch, Soon B. Hwang, Soon B. Hwang   +11 more
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Early predictive efficacy of core antigen on antiviral outcomes in genotype 1 hepatitis C virus infected patients

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2015
Response-guided therapy is of limited use in developing countries because hepatitis C virus RNA detection by sensitive molecular methods is time- and labor-consuming and expensive.
Bo Feng, Rui-Feng Yang, Hai-Ying Zhang, Bi-Fen Luo, Fan-Yun Kong, Hui-Ying Rao, Qian Jin, Xu Cong, Lai Wei   +8 more
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Liver disease in chelated transfusion-dependent thalassemics: the role of iron overload and chronic hepatitis C. [PDF]

, 2008
Iron overload and hepatitis virus C infection cause liver fibrosis in thalassemics. In a monocentric retrospective analysis of liver disease in a cohort of 191 transfusion-dependent thalassemics, in 126 patients who had undergone liver biopsy (mean age ...
ALMASIO, Pier Luigi, BARBARIA, F, BORSELLINO, Z, BRONTE, Fabrizio, CABIBI, Daniela, CAPRA, M, CRAXI, Antonio, CUCCIA, L, DI MARCO, Vito, DI STEFANO, Rosa, FERRARO, Donatella, GAGLIARDOTTO, F, RUFFO, GB   +12 more
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