BACKGROUND Hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections are major health problem in the world. Hairdressers (barbers) are in continuous contact with scissors and blades, and are considered a high-risk group for these infections. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to analyze the prevalence of hepatitis B and C infections in barbers in Tehran and to evaluate their attitudes ...

The prevalence ofmarkers ofhepatitis B virus infection shows considerable geographic variation, often bein8 high in tropical areas where the standard of living is low. While the high prevalence in the far east is maintained by vertical transmission from mother to baby in the perinatal period,' in Africa infection is usually transmitted horizontally during infancy.2 In the West Indies the preval...

BACKGROUND Measures of the effectiveness of risk minimization activities are necessary for the appropriate use of drugs, and clinical databases are a low-cost method of quickly producing such results. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to explore the secondary application of clinical databases in verifying the impact of risk minimization activities; specifically, whether such databases could...

hepatitis b virus (hbv) infection is the 10th leading cause of death worldwide. the most important diagnostic and screening marker for hbv infection is hepatitis b surface antigen (hbsag), and the most widely used hbsag screening test is enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (elisa). in this study, an elisa assay has been developed for detection of hbsag using two novel monoclonal antibodies (mab) ...

OBJECTIVE. To serially evaluate the viral kinetics of occult hepatitis B virus infection in lymphoma patients and perform a correlation with clinical outcomes. DESIGN. Case series with 1-year follow-up. SETTING. Regional hospital, Hong Kong. PATIENTS. Consecutive patients who were newly diagnosed to have lymphoma in the hospital between 1 April 2007 and 31 March 2008 were tested for hepatitis B...

background: hepatitis b infection is a major public health problem worldwide. given that immune response towards the vaccine is not perfect, we aimed to evaluate circumstances of immune response in vaccinated students. materials and methods: in this study, 219 medical students of ardabil university of medical sciences were recruited, who had been administered vaccine series for the first time, ...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the prevalence of occult hepatitis B viral infections (OBIs)  among blood donors considering the clinical and epidemiological importance of identifying OBIs. METHODS A cross-sectional study conducted at King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia between January 2011 and January 2012. Blood donors (n=8501) were screened for Hepatitis B virus surface antigen (H...

BACKGROUND Hepatitis B infection is a universal concern. This infection can lead to chronic liver disease and hepatocellular carcinoma. Neonates born to HBsAg-positive mothers are at high risk of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, especially for HBeAg-positive mothers or neonates who have not received hepatitis B immunoglobulin (HBIg) and HBV vaccines. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study...