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Seroprevalence of hepatitis B, C, and its associated risk factors among clinically suspected patients attending poly and Maraki Health Centers, Gondar City, North West Ethiopia

SAGE Open Medicine
Background: Hepatitis B and C viruses are major global health problems with a high mortality rate, mostly due to serious liver diseases such as liver cirrhosis, liver failure, and hepatocellular carcinoma. The objective of this study was to determine the
Solomon Tesfaye, Adefework Alemu, Endalkachew Bizualem, Daniel Mehabie, Amir Alelign   +4 more
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Seroprevalence of Hepatitis B Virus, Hepatitis C Virus, Syphilis and Associated Factors Among Female Sex Workers in Gondar Town, Northwest Ethiopia

Infection and Drug Resistance, 2022
Mitikie Wondmagegn,1 Yitayih Wondimeneh,2 Alem Getaneh,2 Getnet Ayalew2 1Department of Medical Laboratory Science, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Debre Tabor University, Debre Tabor, Ethiopia; 2Department of Medical Microbiology, School of ...
Wondmagegn M, Wondimeneh Y, Getaneh A, Ayalew G   +3 more
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Seroprevalence of hepatitis E virus in chronic hepatitis C in Brazil

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2018
Background and aims: Hepatitis E virus infection in patients with underlying chronic liver disease is associated with liver decompensation and increased lethality.
Guilherme Bricks, Jorge Figueiredo Senise, Henrique Pott Junior, Giuliano Grandi, Amanda Passarini, Débora Bellini Caldeira, Dimas Carnaúba Junior, Hamilton Antonio Bonilha de Moraes, Celso Franscisco Hernandes Granato, Adauto Castelo   +9 more
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Stimulation requirement and pathogenetic significance of T cells during chronic viral hepatitis. [PDF]

, 2007
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) and Hepatitis C virus (HCV) are important causes of liver inflammation and fibrosis. More than 500 million people are persistently infected worldwide and consequently are at increased risk of developing chronic liver disease ...
Kennedy, P.
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Distribution of Hepatitis C Virus Genotypes in Aydın Province

Viral Hepatitis Journal, 2018
Objectives: In this study, we evaulated the distribution and alteration of hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotypes throughout years which has a clinical importance in the treatment and follow-up.Materials and Methods: Test results obtained from blood samples ...
Yasin TİRYAKİ, Alev ÇETİN DURAN, Osman Olcay ÖZÇOLPAN   +2 more
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Eradicating chronic Hepatitis C Viraemia : lessons learnt during the last decade [PDF]

, 2005
Over the last decade a better understanding of the mechanism for immune disposal of hepatocytes infected with the Hepatitis C virus enabled the design of antiviral regimens with increasing efficacy.
Pullicino, Edgar
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Prevalence of Hepatitis C Virus Infection Among Blood Donors and Certain Risky Groups in Diyala Province

Diyala Journal of Medicine, 2019
Background: Although the prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection among the general population is generally low; however, the risk of chronic hepatitis C virus infection is still high in certain groups of patients particularly multiple recipients of ...
Nadhim Ghazal Noaman
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Polymorphisms in interferon-induced genes and the outcome of hepatitis C virus infection: roles of MxA, OAS-1 and PKR.

, 2003
Interferon stimulates the expression of a number of genes encoding enzymes with antiviral activities, including myxovirus resistance-1 (MxA), 2-5-oligoadenylate synthetase 1 (OAS-1) and double-stranded RNA-dependent protein kinase (PKR).
Hennig, BJW, Knapp, S, Hill, AVS, Yee, LJ, Thomas, HC, Thursz, MR, Chiaramonte, M, Graves, M, Frodsham, AJ, Zhang, L, Wright, M, Hellier, S   +11 more
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Hepatitis C I: Frecuencia de seropositivos al VHC en los diferentes servicios del Hospital “Calixto García” en el trienio 1996-1998 Hepatitis C I. Frequency of HCV-seropositive patients at different services of “Calixto García”Hospital from 1996 to l998

Revista Cubana de Investigaciones Biomédicas, 2004
Se realizó un estudio de la seroprevalencia (anti-VHC), a un grupo de pacientes (2 599), que fueron atendidos por el servicio de consulta externa, e ingresos (salas), en el Hospital Universitario “General Calixto García ” durante los años ...
Jorge Valdés Moreno, Orlando G Rodríguez del Rey Piña, Lidia Cardellá Rosales   +2 more
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Dendritic cell function in the setting of chronic hepatitis c infection and changes during antiviral treatment [PDF]

, 2009
The role of the innate immune system and in particular of dendritic cells, in the establishment of chronic hepatitis C has been studied quite extensively over the last few years but controversy remains as to whether a potential virus-induced defect in
Pachiadakis, I.
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