| hospital-based diagnosis of hemorrhagic fever, encephalitis, and hepatitis in cambodian children. | surveillance was conducted for three clinical syndromes (hemorrhagic fever, encephalitis, and hepatitis) in cambodian children admitted to the national pediatric hospital in phnom penh from july 1996 through september 1998. acute- and convalescent-phase sera, and cerebrospinal fluid, when applicable, underwent diagnostic evaluation for infections with dengue virus (denv), japanese encephalitis virus (jev), and hepatitis a, b, c, and e viruses. of 621 children admitted with hemorrhagic fever, 499 ... | 2002 | 11996683 |
| a cross-sectional study of hepatitis c among people living with hiv in cambodia: prevalence, risk factors, and potential for targeted screening. | the epidemiology of hepatitis c in cambodia is not well-known. we evaluated the prevalence of hepatitis c virus (hcv) and risk factors in the hiv cohort of sihanouk hospital center of hope in phnom penh to strengthen the evidence for suitable hcv testing strategies among people living with hiv (plwh) in cambodia. all consenting adult plwh without a history of hcv treatment were tested for hcv between november 2014 and may 2016 according to the cdc algorithm (hcv antibody ii electro-chemiluminesc ... | 2017 | 28832660 |
| a 13-year retrospective study on primary liver cancer in cambodia: a strikingly high hepatitis c occurrence among hepatocellular carcinoma cases. | hepatocellular carcinoma (hcc) is the main type of primary liver cancer (plc) worldwide, but cholangiocarcinoma (cca) may be predominant in some specific regions of southeast asia. the aim of the present study was to delineate a pattern of cambodian plc patients attending the calmette hospital in the cambodian capital phnom penh. | 2016 | 27250992 |
| [prevalence of hepatitis a, b, c and e virus markers among patients with elevated levels of alanine aminotransferase and aspartate aminotransferase in phnom penh (cambodia) and nha trang (central vietnam)]. | in order to describe the respective part of viral hepatitis in liver diseases observed in cambodia and vietnam, ninety consecutive patients with aspartate aminotransferase (ast) and alanine aminotransferase (alt) > or = 100 ul/l were tested for hepatitis a, b, c and e markers in phnom penh and nha trang. the markers were igm antibodies to hepatitis a virus (anti-hav igm), hepatitis b surface antigen (hbsag), antibodies to hepatitis c virus (anti-hcvab) and igg antibodies to hepatitis e virus (an ... | 2004 | 15462195 |
| rapid assessment of injection practices in cambodia, 2002. | injection overuse and unsafe injection practices facilitate transmission of bloodborne pathogens such as hepatitis b virus (hbv), hepatitis c virus (hcv), and human immunodeficiency virus (hiv). anecdotal reports of unsafe and unnecessary therapeutic injections and the high prevalence of hbv (8.0%), hcv (6.5%), and hiv (2.6%) infection in cambodia have raised concern over injection safety. to estimate the magnitude and patterns of such practices, a rapid assessment of injection practices was con ... | 2005 | 15929800 |