| hepatitis b virus in saudi arabia. | this study was conducted on 2702 samples collected from the male and female population in different provinces of saudi arabia. the overall prevalence of hepatitis b surface antigen (hbsag) was high (16.7%) and no significant difference was encountered between the rate in males and females. different regions of saudi arabia showed a significantly variable prevalence of hbsag. the eastern province had a prevalence of about 9% compared to the southwestern province where the prevalence was 25% in ja ... | 1989 | 2918579 |
| seroprevalence of hepatitis a virus markers in eastern saudi arabia. | to record and update the sero-epidemiological status of hepatitis a virus in eastern saudi arabia. to investigate the main viral etiology of clinical hepatitis in children and discuss the possibility of introducing a hepatitis a virus vaccine in this province. | 2000 | 11369959 |
| hepatitis b and hepatitis c virus prevalence among dialysis patients in bahrain and saudi arabia: a survey by serologic and molecular methods. | hepatitis b virus (hbv) and hepatitis c virus (hcv) infections were assessed among 81 bahraini and 34 saudi hemodialysis patients and 7714 bahraini and 2330 saudi blood donors. higher prevalence of hcv (9.24% vs 0.30%), hepatitis b surface antigen (5.88% vs 0.62%) were seen in patients versus control patients, and in saudi patients compared with bahraini patients. hcv genotypes were hcv 1a/1b plus hcv 4 among bahraini patients and hcv 2/2a plus hcv 4 among saudi patients. this is the first repor ... | 2004 | 15573057 |
| epidemiology of antibody to hepatitis b core antigen screening among blood donors in eastern saudi arabia. need to replace the test by hbv dna testing. | prevention of the residual risk of transfusion transmitted hepatitis b virus (hbv) infection is mostly relied on serological screening of blood donors for antibody to hepatitis b core antigen (hbc), to detect donors in window period of hbv infection. this study was carried out to determine the prevalence of anti-hbc antibody among blood donors and its impact on rejection of collected blood units. | 2005 | 15770304 |
| compliance to hepatitis b vaccination and subsequent development of seroprotection among health care workers of a tertiary care center of saudi arabia. | there is lack of reliable data on compliance to hepatitis b virus (hbv) vaccine and development of seroprotective levels of antibodies among health care workers (hcws) from the countries with high hbv endemicity such as saudi arabia. this study aimed to assess the compliance with hbv vaccine and subsequent levels of seroprotection among hcws of a large tertiary care center of the eastern province of saudi arabia. | 2005 | 15798668 |
| incidence trends of viral hepatitis a, b, and c seropositivity over eight years of surveillance in saudi arabia. | in saudi arabia, viral hepatitis ranked the second most common reportable viral disease in 2007, with almost 9000 new cases diagnosed in that year. the objective of this study was to determine the incidence trends of viral hepatitis seropositivity among the population served by the national guard health affairs (ngha) hospitals in the central, eastern, and western saudi arabia regions. | 2010 | 19540786 |
| assessment of alpha-fetoprotein in the diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma in middle eastern patients. | alpha-fetoprotein (afp) levels for the diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (hcc) may vary by geographical region and racial background. no data exists for this test in the middle eastern population. in addition, there is limited data on the impact of virological status on afp levels. | 2010 | 20397051 |
| seroprevalence of hepatitis c virus and hepatitis b virus among dialysis patients in bahrain and saudi arabia. | dialysis patients are at risk for contracting blood-borne infections, including hepatitis viruses (hbv and hcv). the aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of hbv and hcv infection among hamodialysis patients in bahrain and saudi arabia. study subjects comprised 81 bahraini and 34 saudi dialysis patients, and as control 7714 bahraini and 2330 saudi blood donors. serologic markers of hbv (hbsag, anti-hbc) and hcv (anti-hcv) were determined by eia and confirmed by pcr (hbv) and rt-pcr (hcv ... | 2004 | 15350487 |
| impact of dedicated space, dialysis equipment, and nursing staff on the transmission of hepatitis c virus in a hemodialysis unit of the middle east. | infection with the hepatitis c virus (hcv) is endemic in hemodialysis (hd) units, especially in middle eastern countries. the meticulous isolation policy recommended for patients with the hepatitis b virus (hbv) in an hd unit resulted in a significant drop in hbv incidence globally. this study was developed to prospectively investigate the impact of an identical isolation policy on incidence of nosocomial hcv infection in this hd unit of the middle east. | 2003 | 12548254 |
| hepatitis c infection among egyptian blood donors in the eastern saudi arabia with / without past history of schistosomiasis. | during 1991-1992, phlebotomists at blood bank facilities in eastern saudi arabia collected blood sera from 8934 adult male volunteer blood donors from saudi arabia and other countries (egyptians, other mid- easterners, southeast asians, and southern asians). laboratory personnel screened the sera for hepatitis c virus and the sera of egyptian donors for hepatitis b virus. they interviewed all the egyptian donors to determine their past history of exposure to and/or treatment for bilharziasis. ... | 1994 | 12287878 |
| the declining rates of hepatitis b carriage among adolescents and young people in the eastern region of saudi arabia. | to study age specific rates of hepatitis b virus (hbv) carriage in the eastern region of saudi arabia following a 24 year immunization program. | 2016 | 27464863 |
| the prevalence of antibodies to hepatitis c virus in hail region, saudi arabia. | the prevalence of subjects positive for anti-hcv antibodies was studied at hail region kingdom of saudi arabia (ksa). the study involved 8862 subjects tested for anti-hcv antibodies at king khalid general hospital during the years 1994-using elisa, a total prevalence of 5.09% positive subjects was found. the disease is shown to be mainly acquired at school age and adulthood. unlike hepatitis b virus, vertical transmission among preschool children does not seem to have an important role in transm ... | 1999 | 17216953 |