INTRODUCTION Illicit drug users (DUs) are vulnerable to hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. The shared use of illicit drugs is the main method of HCV transmission. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted in Breves, in northern Brazil. We surveyed 187 DUs to determine the prevalence of and factors associated with HCV infection. RESULTS The prevalence of anti-HCV antibodies was 36.9%, an...

Hepatitis C is a world health problem with high mortality rate. The Indonesian Ministry of Health has been controlling hepatitis infection since 2017 using Direct Acting Antiviral (DAA) drugs which have lower side effects and higher cure This study aims to determine incidence, patient demographic data, liver fibrosis scores on the successful treatment at RSUD dr. Zainoel Abidin Hospital. Inclus...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Hepatitis C virus (HCV), an important cause of chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma, shows a considerable genetic heterogeneity among hepatitis C virus isolates from all over the world. At least six main groups of sequence variants are recognized. The natural history of disease and response to treatment may be related to the genotype of HCV in a part...

Several assays in research format and two commercial assays for the detection of hepatitis C virus (HCV) core protein or HCV core antigen have been developed in recent years. In order to elucidate the role and significance of HCV core antigen detection in the diagnosis and management of hepatitis C, we reviewed 56 studies published in peer-reviewed journals until September 2004. Evaluations in ...

background hepatitis c virus (hcv) is the main cause of infection that has the potential to cause chronic liver disease. injecting drug users (idus) have a key role in hcv transmission in iran. knowledge of the distribution of various genotypes is essential for successful future research and control strategies. objectives the aim of this study was to identify hcv genotypes among chronic infecte...

This study was carried out to determine sero-prevalence of hepatitis B and hepatitis C virus co-infection among pregnant women. Viral hepatitis during pregnancy is associated with high risk of maternal complications; infections with Hepatitis B virus (HBV) or the Hepatitis C virus (HCV) are public health problems. Worldwide, there are about 350 million HBV carriers and 130 to 170 million people...

conclusions the current study shows that the predominant hcv genotype among azerbaijani patients with established chronic hepatitis c is subtype 1b (71.1%) followed by subtype 3a (17.0%). results hcv genotyping of positive plasma samples demonstrated that predominant hcv subtype was noted for 1b (71.1%) followed by subtype 3a (17.0%), genotype 2 (6.8%), 1a (1.7%), and mixed infection (3.4%). th...

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is responsible for a vast majority of liver failure cases. HCV is a kind of blood disease appraised to chronically infect 3% of the worlds’ population causing significant morbidity and mortality. Therefore, a complete knowledge of humoral responses against HCV, resulting antibodies, and virus-receptor and virus-antibody interactions, are essential to design a vaccine. HC...

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a major health problem in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). The incidence of acute HCV infection during maintenance dialysis is much higher than that in the general population because of the risk of nosocomial transmission. Following acute HCV infection, most patients develop chronic HCV infection, and a significant proportion develop chronic hep...