A seroepidemiologic survey was conducted among 773 male soldiers living in five urban locations in Sudan to study the prevalence of and risk factors for HIV-1 and hepatitis B transmission. Twenty-eight per cent of the study population were born and raised in southern Sudan, an area bordering Kenya, Zaire and Uganda, whilst 72% of the study subjects were from northern Sudan. Seventy-eight per ce...

Given the shared risk factors for transmission, coinfection with hepatitis B virus (HBV) and HIV is common. HIV infection increases the risk of chronic HBV infection and hastens the progression of liver disease in patients with chronic HBV infection. The treatment of chronic HBV infection needs to be carefully coordinated with HIV management in HBV-HIV coinfected patients. The main goals of tre...

Dentists and dental students can be exposed to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B virus (HBV), and hepatitis C virus (HCV) during routine work. The aims of this study were to assess a group of dental students' knowledge about HIV, HBV, and HCV infections; assess their attitudes and risk perceptions about the treatment of patients with HIV, HBV, and HCV; and identify factors ass...

OBJECTIVE To assess the seroprevalence of hepatitis B virus (HBV), syphilis, and HIV and associated risk factors in pregnant women and their male partners from six indigenous populations of the Peruvian Amazon Basin. METHODS A cross-sectional study was performed in six indigenous populations from the Peruvian Amazon Basin. Blood samples were obtained and tested for HBV (antibodies to the hepa...

Background Hepatitis C virus is one of the major causes of parenterally acquired hepatitis. HCV genotypes exhibit different profiles of pathogenicity, infectivity and response to antiviral therapy. The study was taken up to detect HCV seropositivity and common genotype prevalence in a tertiary care hospital. The other objectives of the study were to detect probable risk factors and HIV/HBV co i...

INTRODUCTION Chronic bacterial, viral and parasitic infections contribute to the morbidity and mortality associated with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. This study investigated risk factors and time-trends of the seroprevalence of cytomegalovirus (CMV), toxoplasmosis and hepatitis A total antibody; and co-infection with syphilis, hepatitis B and hepatitis C among newly diagnosed H...

OBJECTIVES To determine the prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV), hepatitis B virus (HBV), human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections, and risk factors for HCV and HBV infections in sexually transmitted disease (STD) clinics in Jamaica. METHODS A prospective observational cohort study was carried out. Blood was collected from 485 consecutive patients attending the comprehensive health cen...

hepatitis a is acute and usually self - limiting disease, but sometimes it can be dangerous such as in immunosuppressed patients. purpose of this study is to investigate the prevalence of hepatitis a serology in hiv/aids patients. 247 hiv positive patients from march 2005 to september 2006 were entered in this study. participants completed questionnaires to elicit demographic, drug and sex risk...

Background: Human immunodeficiency virus and hepatitis B and C viruses are endemic in subSaharan African countries including Nigeria. Researchers have studied the burden of co-infection of HIV with hepatitis B and hepatitis C but the risk factors and clinical presentation have not been much addressed especially in children. Methodology: This was a prospective cross sectional study that determin...

BACKGROUND Many people in Europe remain undiagnosed for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV). OBJECTIVES To evaluate acceptability and effectiveness of a questionnaire designed to facilitate identification of risk factors for these viruses. METHODS We performed an observational study, in a prospectively enrolled cohort of patients in Paris (Fr...