â  â  background non-alcoholic fatty liver disease/steatohepatitis (nafld/nash) is the most common form of chronic liver disease woldwide and is no longer considered a benign disease. its prevalence has not been deterâ­mined in a large-scale population-based study in iran. me t hod s a total of 6583 individuals aged 18 to 65 were randomly selected from three geographically distinct provinces in...

results hepatitis b surface antigen (hbsag) was found in 122/3000 (4.1%) prisoners. hepatitis b e antigen (hbeag), anti-hiv, anti-hcv and anti-hiv/anti-hcv were detected in 52/122 (42.6%), 12/122 (10%), 22/122 (18%) and 3/122 (2.4%) prisoners, respectively. the hbv-dna was found in 115/122 (94.3%) prisoners. the most high risk behavior was to utilize the collaborative syringe by injecting drug ...

objective: to compare immunogenicity of a recombinant hepatitis b (hb) vaccine in two groups of neonates born in two cities of iran with different geographic and ethnic backgrounds.   materials and methods: ten micrograms of a recombinant hb vaccine was administered under field condition to iranian healthy neonates at 0, 1.5 and 9 months intervals. the subjects consisted of two groups of 290 an...

BACKGROUND Previous studies have shown that some viral infections may be triggers for autoimmune diseases. The role of viral infections in the etiopathogenesis of pemphigus has also been investigated. OBJECTIVES To investigate the relationship between pemphigus and the hepatitis B and C virus infections. METHODS This retrospective study included 62 patients with pemphigus and 50 healthy con...

We investigated the prevalence of positive viral hepatitis titres in sickle cell disease (SCD) and the relationship of abnormal liver function tests (LFTs) to transfusions and ferritin levels. Charts from 141 patients with SCD were reviewed and recent laboratory data on serum ferritin, hepatitis serology, units of packed red blood cells transfused and LFTs were collected. Hepatitis B core antib...

conclusions in this city, a great proportion of children are susceptible to hepatitis a and it’s complications at an older age. this decrease in seropositivity may be caused by elevated hygien level. according to our results hepatitis a vaccination is recommended at early childhood such as that of other regions where low prevalence of hepatitis a infection is found. patients and methods this cr...

A collection of 104-fecal specimens from 45 patients with hepatitis A, 14 patients with hepatitis B, 10 patients with non-A, non-B hepatitis, 6 patients with diseases other than hepatitis, and 18 healthy adults were studied for the presence of secretory immunoglobulin A and immunoglobulin M to hepatitis A virus by solid-phase enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and immune electron microsopy. Spec...

OBJECTIVE To determine the duration of protection from hepatitis B vaccine given in infancy and early childhood. DESIGN Cross sectional serological study of hepatitis B virus infection in children of various ages 14 years after the start of a trial of vaccination regimens. SETTING Two villages in the Gambia. PARTICIPANTS Children and adolescents given hepatitis B vaccine in infancy or ear...