results a total of 52 (17.8%) cases, including 45 (7.7%) controls in group 1 (1st degree relatives) and 50 (8.6%) controls in group 2 (non-hematological malignancy), showed positive results for anti-hcv abs and had a odds ratio value of 2.59 (95% ci: 1.69-3.97) for group 1 and 2.31 (95% ci: 1.52-3.50) for group 2 (p value of 0.000 for both groups). nhl patients who showed positive results for a...

Response-guided therapy is of limited use in developing countries because hepatitis C virus RNA detection by sensitive molecular methods is time- and labor-consuming and expensive. We evaluated early predictive efficacy of serum hepatitis C virus core antigen kinetics on sustained virologic response in patients with genotype 1 hepatitis C virus during pegylated interferon plus ribavirin treatme...

context viral hepatitis and the consumption of alcohol are recognized as important reasons for the development of liver disease throughout the world. it would also seem that chronic alcoholism causes more severe and rapid progression of liver disease in patients with chronic hepatitis c, leading to more frequent liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. evidence acquisition the data for thi...

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...

background: hemophilia is a congenital disease resulting in deficiency of clotting factors. for this reason they have a constant need of clotting factors which makes them one of the largest consumers of blood products. through this blood product use, many of these patients have become infected by hepatitis c virus (hcv). we have studied the seroprevalence of anti-hcv antibody and hcv infection ...