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Adaptation of hepatitis C virus to mouse CD81 permits infection of mouse cells in the absence of human entry factors

open access: yes, 2010
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) naturally infects only humans and chimpanzees. The determinants responsible for this narrow species tropism are not well defined.
Christiane Brohm   +25 more
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Infecção pelo HIV, hepatites B e C e sífilis em moradores de rua, São Paulo HIV infection, hepatitis B and C and syphilis in homeless people, in the city of São Paulo, Brazil

open access: yesRevista de Saúde Pública, 2007
OBJETIVO: Estimar a prevalência das infecções pelo HIV, vírus das hepatites B e C, e da sífilis em moradores de rua. MÉTODOS: Estudo transversal com intervenção educativa, realizado no município de São Paulo, de 2002 a 2003.
Valquiria O. C. Brito   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Geographical and chronological origin and evolution of Hepatitis C Virus.

open access: yes, 2011
Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) infection is a major health problem that leads to cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. World over, more than 270-300 million people are estimated to be infected with the virus.
Sugunan V.S.   +2 more
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Re-evaluation of the carcinogenic significance of hepatitis B virus integration in hepatocarcinogenesis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
To examine the role of hepatitis B virus (HBV) integration in hepatocarcinogenesis, a systematic comparative study of both tumor and their corresponding non-tumor derived tissue has been conducted in a cohort of 60 HBV associated hepatocellular carcinoma
Hui Zhuang (139189)   +51 more
core   +1 more source

Hepatitis E Virus Mixed Infection in Immunocompetent Patient

open access: yesEmerging Infectious Diseases, 2013
We detected 2 hepatitis E virus (HEV) strains in an acutely infected immunocompetent patient. Two populations of genotype 3 virus were observed in the hypervariable regions and open reading frames 2 and 3, indicating multiple infection with hepatitis E ...
Donald B. Smith   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The prevalence of occult hepatitis B virus (hbv) infection in a large multi-ethnic haemodialysis cohort.

open access: yes, 2015
Haemodialysis patients are at increased risk of exposure to blood borne viruses. To reduce transmission in the UK, all haemodialysis patients are regularly screened, and if susceptible to Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection ...
Labbett, W   +6 more
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Aflatoxin exposure and viral hepatitis in the etiology of liver cirrhosis in the Gambia, West Africa. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
BACKGROUND: Cirrhosis of the liver is thought to be a major cause of morbidity and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa, but few controlled studies on the etiology of cirrhosis have been conducted in this region.
James J. Goedert   +21 more
core   +1 more source

Prevalência dos marcadores das hepatites B e C em adolescentes de Chapecó [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Ciências da Saúde. Programa de Pós-Graduação em FarmáciaAs infecções pelo vírus da hepatite B (HBV) e pelo vírus da hepatite C (HCV) são dois preocupantes problemas de saúde ...
Scaraveli, Natália Gazzoni
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Hepatitis B virus infection in the Republic of Yemen [PDF]

open access: yes
A community-based cross-sectional household seroepdemiological survey was conducted in the Republic of Yemen to estimate the prevalence of HBV infection as well as hepatitis B vaccine coverage and effectiveness amongst children vaccinated in the ...
Qirbi, Naseeb
core   +1 more source

Requirement of Activation for Hepatitis B Virus Infection

open access: yes, 2007
Although _in vitro_ models of human hepatitis B virus replication are established, so far none could approximate infection efficiency as expected from _in vivo_ observations.
Claudia Maenz, Michael Bruns
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