OBJECTIVES Living-donor kidney transplant from donors who are chronically infected with hepatitis B virus can be considered as a possibility to compensate for insufficiency of organ transplants, particularly in a hepatitis B virus endemic country. In this study, the safety and efficacy were reviewed retrospectively in living-donor kidney transplant from donors who were chronically infected with...

Background: Hemophilia A and B are the most frequent congenital coagulation disorders. This study was conducted to determine the prevalence of hepatitis B, C and human immunodeficiency viruses among hemophilic patients in Hamadan, Iran. Patients and Methods: In this study, patients with hemophilia A and B treated in Hamedan Hemophilia Center, Hamedan, Iran, were screened for hepatitis B, C and...

Hepatitis B virus co-infection with C and/or D is known to result in a more deleterious disease than chronic HBV mono-infection, resulting faster progression cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. This study aimed at determining the serological prevalence of infections among carriers frequency e Antigen tertiary hospital South-East, Nigeria. cross-sectional involving 72 consenting participants...

Liver transplantation is an excellent treatment for hepatitis B virus infected patients who have acute or chronic liver failure and/or primary liver cancer. Advances in antiviral prophylaxis prevent clinically significant graft re-infection for the majority of patients. Graft and patient survival has improved significantly during the past decade, and results of transplantation for hepatitis B v...

In this cross sectional anonymous study, blood samples of 285 dentists and Physicians were tested for hepatitis B surface antigen (HBs Ag), hepatitis B envelope Ag (HBe Ag), antibodies to: hepatitis B suface (anti-HBs), hepatitis B core Ag (anti-HBc) and hepatitis B envelope Ag (anti-HBe) by ELISA-3 and antibody to hepatitis C virus (anti-HCV) by ELISA-3 and immunoblotting tests. The results su...

Resulting directly from the discovery of virus-related antigens, rapid progress has marked the last decade of viral hepatitis research. The hepatitis B virion has been tentatively identified as a DNA virus with an endogenous DNA polymerase, and new serological markers for type B hepatitis have been discovered. Hepatitis A antigen has been identified on a virus-like particle thought to be the he...

conclusions this study indicates that the rate of g1896a mutation at the pc region among hbeag negative patients, in the golestan province of iran, was similar to the average rate encountered in other parts of iran. the pc stop codon mutation was detected in 93.18% of hbeag negative patients. further studies with larger sample sizes are required to elucidate the exact role of these mutations in...

Objective: There are a number of medicinal plant products which has been used to treat various immunological diseases. Out of these medicinal plants, Calamus rotang has shown several medicinal properties including anti-viral, anti-diabetic, anti-inflammatory effects. Normally, the roots of C. rotang are used in various ailments to cure piles, burning sensation, cough, leprosy and bleeding disor...

Hepaxpert-I is an expert system that interprets the results of routine serologic tests for infection with hepatitis A or B virus. The tests measure antibody to the hepatitis A virus (anti-HAV), IgM antibody to the hepatitis A virus (IgM anti-HAV), hepatitis A virus (HAV) in the stool, hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) and antibody (anti-HBs), antibody to hepatitis B core antigen (anti-HBc and...