| seroepidemiology of hepatitis c and its risk factors in khuzestan province, south-west of iran: a case-control study. | to evaluate possible risk factors for the spread of hepatitis c infection and to analyze the characteristics of the epidemiological and clinical patterns among the patients with hepatitis c infection. | 2006 | 16937474 |
| hepatis c virus transmission and its risk factors within families of patients infected with hepatitis c virus in southern iran: khuzestan. | to determine whether hepatitis c virus (hcv) infection of index cases increases intrafamilial transmission (sexual and nonsexual contacts) of hcv. | 2006 | 17109499 |
| prevalence of hepatitis c and b infection and hc v genotypes among hemodialysis patients in khuzestan province, southwest iran. | hepatitis b (hbv) and c (hcv) virus infection are the most important infections transmitted by the parenteral route in hemodialysis patients. this study is the first report of prevalence of viral hepatitis and hepatitis c virus genotypes in southwest iran among hemodialysis patients. a cross-sectional study was carried out among 214 hemodialysis patients of the central hemodialysis unit, from march 2005 to august 2006. serum samples were tested for hbsag and anti-hcv using specific enzyme linked ... | 2009 | 19587521 |
| seroprevalence study of hcv among hospitalized intravenous drug users in ahvaz, iran (2001-2006). | prevalence of hepatitis c virus (hcv) in intravenous drug users (idu) varies in different areas according to socioeconomic and geographical circumstances. the present study was performed to determine seroprevalence of hcv in idu individuals in ahvaz, iran. | 2009 | 20701860 |
| determination of hepatitis c virus genotypes among blood donors in ahvaz, iran. | this study aims to determine the genotypes of hepatitis c virus (hcv) among blood donors at ahvaz blood transfusion centre. blood samples were taken from 2376 blood donors - 1795 (75.54%) male and 581(24.45%) female - who referred to ahvaz blood transfusion centre during 2007-2008. detection of anti-hcv antibody for all the donors was carried out by elisa and the confirmatory riba tests. hcv rt-pcr followed by rflp test was carried out for anti-hcv positive samples. out of 2376 blood donors, onl ... | 2010 | 20061766 |
| seroprevalence of hepatitis e virus in blood donors in khuzestan province, southwest iran. | to determine the seroprevalence of hepatitis e virus (hev) infection among volunteer blood donors in khuzestan province, iran. khuzestan is a war stricken area in the southwest of iran, which shares a land, river, and sea border with iraq. this region has suffered the heaviest public health system damage of all the iranian provinces during a 25-year period of war and conflict. | 2008 | 18063401 |