| seroprevalence of hepatitis c infection among health care personnel in beirut, lebanon. | health care workers are at risk of contracting hepatitis c virus (hcv) infection more than the general population, and chronic hcv infection may be asymptomatic. therefore, the purpose of this study was to determine the seroprevalence of hcv among health care workers at st georges-orthodox hospital, the first study done for a major teaching hospital in lebanon. | 2001 | 11172314 |
| frequency and significance of antibodies against hepatitis b core (anti-hbc) antigen as the only serological marker for hepatitis b infection in lebanese blood donors. | during a 2-year period, blood samples from 2505 lebanese blood donors were chosen at random, at various periods of time at one blood donation centre (hotel dieu de france, beirut, lebanon) and were screened for markers of hbv infection (hbsag, anti-hbc and anti-hbs). the study showed hbsag positivity of 0.6% and an overall exposure rate to hbv of 10.0%. out of the 2505 blood donors screened, 56 (22%) were found to be 'anti-hbc alone' positive which is almost four times the hbsag positivity. the ... | 2005 | 16050516 |
| [hepatitis c virus in hemodialysis patients and blood donors in lebanon]. | the agent of the majority of parenterally transmitted non-a, non-b hepatitis is the hepatitis c virus (hcv). in this study, we estimate the hcv seropositivity in 7,771 blood donors and 317 patients on hemodialysis in 5 different centres, of which 4 are situated in beirut. the used screening test consists of a second generation eia technique. the study shows that 0.41% of blood donors are hcv seropositive. the mean percentage of seropositive patients is about 27% but the comparison of centres amo ... | 1996 | 8965318 |
| prevalence of hepatitis c virus isolate genotypes from chronically infected lebanese patients: a hospital-based study. | to assess percentages of hepatitis c virus (hcv) genotypes in infected lebanese patients referred to st. george hospital, beirut, lebanon, 77 infected cases were studied. of those, 27 were hemodialysis patients. genotyping was performed by nested pcr of the hcv core-region with specific primers, followed by dna enzyme-immunoassay using hcv type and subtype-specific probes. single genotype infections were detected in 52 patients (67.5%). in these cases, types 1, 2, 3 and 4 were detected in 19.5%, ... | 2003 | 15707071 |
| liver transplantation in lebanon: a hard lesson to learn. | the aim of this study is to review all liver transplants performed at the american university of beirut medical center from 1998 to present. | 2016 | 20877263 |