Living with Hepatitis C: Qualitative Interviews with Hepatitis C-infected Veterans

Cryoglobulinemia in patients with hepatitis C

Introduction: Cryoglobulinemia is a kind of immunoglobuline that form in various conditions. These imunoglobulines, precipitate in cold environment and restore to soluble state upon rewarming. Nowadays, strong association between cryoglobulines and hepatitis C has been proposed. Methods: This is a descriptive-analytic study in which we included all documented cases of hepatitis C infection wh...

Prevalence of Torque Teno Virus in Healthy Individuals and Peoples Infected with Hepatitis C Virus Living in Yazd, Iran

Living with hepatitis C as a nurse.

Psychosocial aspects of living with hepatitis C

Hepatitis C is a blood-borne virus infecting over 170 million people worldwide. About 200 000 people in Australia are estimated to have chronic infection, with about 10 000 new infections yearly (Ministerial Advisory Committee, 2006). The most common cause of transmission (around 80%) is injecting drug use. Other causes include blood transfusions and other medical and dental procedures, either ...

Comparison of Hepatitis C Genotypes in Plasma and Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells (PMBCs) in Hepatitis C-Infected Patients

Abstract Background and Aims: The Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) is essentially hepatotropic but virus compartment has also been found in other important extra hepatic sites. Detection of HCV RNA in extra hepatic reservoirs such as peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) is important for determining of disease progression and effective treatment. The present study aimed to determine of differe...