Hepatitis B virus (HBV) and Hepatitis C virus (HCV) are the two most common blood borne, hepatotrophic viruses. HBV and HCV are important causes of liver related mortality and morbidity. Hepatitis B and hepatitis C are significant public health problems especially in developing countries like India. Hepatitis B was first reported in 1963 and hepatitis C in 1988 (Blumberg, 1997; Bonkovski et al....

context several risk factors play the role in the development of hepatocellular carcinoma (hcc) from which chronic hepatitis b and c infections are the most important ones. dna integration of hepatitis viruses alters the function of critical genes promoting malignant transformation of virus-infected liver cells. evidence acquisition there are remarkable geographic differences in prevalence of c...

Foodborne viruses have been recognized as a growing concern to the food industry and serious public health problem. Hepatitis A virus (HAV) is responsible for majority of viral outbreaks origin worldwide, while hepatitis E (HEV) has also gaining prominence foodborne agent in last years, due its zoonotic transmission through consumption uncooked or undercooked infected meat derivatives. However,...

Mortality rates for fulminant hepatic failure range between 50% and 90%. Several independent factors influence survival: age, etiology, depth and duration of the encephalopathy, and prevention of complications. The main causes of fulminant hepatic failure are hepatotropic viruses, adverse drug effects, and toxins (Table 1). All major hepatotropic viruses can induce fulminant hepatic failure. We...

The prevalence of viral hepatitis is high and remains a serious public health challenge throughout the world. New molecular biology techniques provided a better understanding of the viruses over the last decades. Novel therapeutic options seem to be promising but preventing measures including donor screening, immunization against hepatitis A virus (HAV) and hepatitis B virus (HBV), universal us...

Over the past 2 decades considerable evidence has accumulated on the association between hepatitis C virus (HCV) and hepatitis B virus (HBV) and several hematologic malignancies, most notably B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). In this review we summarize this evidence, address possible mechanisms whereby hepatitis viruses may contribute to lymphomagenesis, and discuss the therapeutic fallouts f...

Viral hepatitis is one of the most common infectious diseases and over the years the jaundice associated with it has been known by many names. Several viruses are now known to cause hepatitis in humans, but sixty years ago, these viruses were unknown. In the years before and during the Second World War, there emerged a significant understanding of the clinical and epidemiological nature of the ...