| epidemiology of hepatitis b, hepatitis c, and human immunodeficiency virus infecions in patients with beta-thalassemia in iran: a multicenter study. | though regular blood transfusion improves the overall survival of patients with beta-thalassemia, it carries a definite risk of infection with blood-borne viruses. we carried out this multicenter study to provide epidemiologic data on hepatitis b virus (hbv), hepatitis c virus (hcv), and human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection among iranian beta-thalassemic patients. moreover, hcv infection-associated risk factors were investigated in this population. | 2006 | 17061602 |
| no detected hepatitis b virus-dna in thalassemic patients infected by hepatitis c virus in kerman province of iran. | this research was aimed to investigate the prevalence and clinical impact of occult hbv infection in thalassemic patients with chronic hcv infection. in this cross-sectional study we have totally examined 60 patients suffering hbv and hcv infections by pcr and rt-pcr methods, respectively, in kerman province of iran. elisa technique (radim, italy) was used to detect anti-hbc, anti-hbs and hbsag. the serum level of liver enzymes (sgot, sgpt, db, tb and alk) were analyzed in the hcv infected patie ... | 2008 | 18819629 |
| prevalence of hepatitis b and c seromarkers and abnormal liver function tests among hemophiliacs in guilan (northern province of iran). | the aim of this study was to determine the seroprevalence of hepatitis b and c viruses and abnormal liver function tests among hemophiliacs in guilan province, iran. | 2002 | 12503038 |
| hbv-dna in hemodialysis patients infected by hcv. | end-stage renal disease patients on chronic hemodialysis (hd) patients are at risk for both hepatitis b virus (hbv) and hepatitis c virus (hcv) infection, and they may coexist. to determine the prevalence and clinical impact of hbv and hcv infection, we studied poly chain reaction (pcr) and reverse transcription (rt)-pcr on the blood samples of 90 hd patients in kerman, iran. elisa test was used to detect anti-hbc, anti-hbs and hbsag. we found that 30 out of 90 (33.3%) patients were pcr-rt-pcr p ... | 2009 | 19414941 |