Background & Aims: Today, an important challenge of the Blood Transfusion Organization is the preparation, distribution, and monitoring of the appropriate use of blood and blood products. Therefore, estimation of the prevalence of transfusion transmitted infections (TTIs) and efficiency of appropriate screening methods is essential. The purpose of the present study was the det...

An analysis was done of the incidence and nature of mixed virus infections diagnosed in the same clinical specimen from immunocompetent patients; respiratory viruses were emphasized. Few studies have addressed mixed viral infections in any systematic fashion. The relevant studies reviewed focused on clinical relationships or diagnostic methods. Data relating to multiple infections were usually ...

Background:Nowadays, one of the main challenges of the blood transfusion organization is the procurement, distribution, and monitoring of the appropriate use of blood and its products. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of Transfusion Transmitted Infections (TTIs) including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV+), hepatitis B virus (HBV+), and hepati...

Brown alga, Turbinaria conoides was successively extracted with n-hexane, cyclohexane, methanol and ethanol:water (1:1). The extracts were evaluated for antibacterial and antifungal activities by disc diffusion method. Minimal inhibitory concentration was determined for active extracts by broth dilution method. The antiviral activity and cytotoxicity of the extracts were tested in human embryon...

background: unsafe transfusion practices put patients at high risk of transfusion transmissible infections. we aimed to evaluate the prevalence of transfusion transmissible infections (including human immunodeficiency virus [hiv] 1 and 2, hepatitis b virus [hbv], hepatitis c virus (hcv) and syphilis) during a period of 18 months among blood donors in the blood bank of lady hardinge medical coll...

OBJECTIVE To determine the extent of transmission of hepatitis C virus in sexual partners of intravenous drug misusers and to examine the relation between the prevalences of HIV, hepatitis B virus, and hepatitis C virus infections in homosexual men and intravenous drug misusers and their sexual partners. DESIGN Serum samples collected between 1984 and 1988 were tested for hepatitis B virus ma...

purpose: a 12 year-old boy and a known case of job’s syndrome presented with a large conjunctival mass which represented coexistence of hpv and hsv infections. case report: the presence of hpv virus within these lesions was confirmed by biopsy and dna analysis. the mass lesions did not respond to anti-hpv therapy with topical interferon-α2b, oral cimetidine and oral acyclovir, but improved prom...

BACKGROUND Diarrhea is a major cause of morbidity and mortality among HIV-infected patients worldwide. OBJECTIVE We sought to determine the frequency of viral gastrointestinal infections among Brazilian HIV-infected patients with diarrhea. METHODS A collection of 90 fecal specimens from HIV-infected individuals with diarrhea, previously tested for the presence of bacteria and parasite was a...

objective: a descriptive study was carried out to determine the significance of igg-affinity in the serological diagnosis of rubella infections in pregnancy. materials and methods: a total of 92 pregnant women who had never received antirubella vaccines were recruited by simple random selection and did not exceed 24 weeks of gestation were recruited from the antenatal clinics of the university ...

Brown alga, Turbinaria conoides was successively extracted with n-hexane, cyclohexane, methanol and ethanol:water (1:1). The extracts were evaluated for antibacterial and antifungal activities by disc diffusion method. Minimal inhibitory concentration was determined for active extracts by broth dilution method. The antiviral activity and cytotoxicity of the extracts were tested in human embryon...