| [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 |