Hepatitis C Seroprevalence and Risk Factors in Adult Population of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province of Iran in 2013 [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2015 Introduction: Hepatitis C is the second leading viral infectious disease worldwide. In Iran, hepatitis C is the most important and prevalent reason for chronic hepatitis and liver cirrhosis in the multi transfused population.
Masoumeh Moezzi +3 more
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Korea Seroprevalence Study of Monitoring of SARS-COV-2 Antibody Retention and Transmission (K-SEROSMART): findings from national representative sample [PDF]
Epidemiology and Health, 2023 OBJECTIVES We estimated the population prevalence of antibodies to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), including unreported infections, through a Korea Seroprevalence Study of Monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Retention and ...
Jina Han +55 more
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Seroprevalence of SARS‐CoV‐2 in Utsunomiya City, Greater Tokyo, after the first pandemic in 2020
Journal of General and Family Medicine, 2021 Background A seroepidemiological study was conducted on a random sample of households in Utsunomiya City, Tochigi Prefecture, Greater Tokyo, Japan, to assess the seroprevalence of SARS‐CoV‐2.
Nobutoshi Nawa +6 more
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Diagnostics, 2022 Seroprevalence studies are essential to get an accurate estimate of the actual SARS-CoV-2 diffusion within populations. We report on the findings of the first serosurvey conducted in Tunis prior to the implementation of mass vaccination and analyzed ...
Ines Cherif +14 more
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Revista de la Facultad de Medicina, 2019 Introduction: According to the World Health Organization, livestock farming is one of the anthropic activities in which workers are exposed to various zoonotic agents. Objectives: To establish the frequency of seropositivity (IgG antibodies) against some
Licet Paola Molina-Guzmán +5 more
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Siriraj Medical Journal, 2020 Hepatitis E is a major cause of acute viral hepatitis in the world. The causative agent of hepatitis E is hepatitis E virus (HEV). In Southeast Asia, the seroprevalence of HEV and the most prevalent genotype of HEV are largely unclear and the available ...
Paul Wasuwanich +3 more
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Burden of hepatitis C virus infection and its genotypes among the blood donors at Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Scientific Research, 2015 Background: Safe blood donation remains a challenge in resource limited countries. False positive serological tests lead to wastage of large number of blood units.
Verma A +7 more
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Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Seroprevalence Surveys in India: An Insight into Current COVID-19 Pandemic Situation [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2021 Antibody test is used in seroprevalence surveys for Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19). Apart from estimating the proportion of population infected, they can help in drawing plenty of inferences about the extent, progress and course of the pandemic ...
Sudarshan Ramaswamy +7 more
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Chikungunya seroprevalence in population-based studies: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Archives of Public Health, 2023 Background Seroprevalence studies about chikungunya infection are usually conducted after epidemics to estimate the magnitude of the attack. This study aimed to estimate the seroprevalence of CHIKV by WHO region, considering the periods of introduction ...
Lacita Menezes Skalinski +6 more
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Seroprevalence of COVID-19 Antibodies and Factors Associated with Seropositivity: A Population-based Study [PDF]
Journal of Health Sciences and Surveillance System, 2023 Background: Currently, COVID-19 is a global public health problem. This study aimed to estimate the seroprevalence of antibodies related to Covid-19 in the general population in southern Iran.Methods: This cross-sectional population-based study of the ...
Vahid Rahmanian +6 more
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