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liver pathology in rural south-west cameroon.in a prospective study, 102 hospital patients with liver disease were evaluated in west cameroon, africa. blood donors, pregnant women and patients without liver disease served as controls. a total of 757 individuals were tested for markers of hepatitis a, b, c and d and for immunological markers (autoantibodies, procollagen iii, alpha-foetoprotein, ca50 antigen, alpha-1-antitrypsin and antibodies to human immunodeficiency virus types 1 and 2). one-third of the liver disease patients had focal l ...19957570883
prevalence of hepatitis c virus and other blood-borne viruses in pygmies and neighbouring bantus in southern cameroon.the prevalences of antibodies to hepatitis c virus (anti-hcv), human immunodeficiency virus (anti-hiv), human t lymphotrophic virus (anti-htlv) and of hepatitis b surface antigen (hbsag) were determined in 168 subjects aged 12 years and over (108 pygmies, 60 bantus) living in south cameroon. in 167 subjects, we found an estimated minimal anti-hcv prevalence of 13%. the prevalence was significantly higher in bantus (31.7%) than in pygmies (11.1%) and increased with age in both groups, albeit more ...19958560516
risk factors for hepatitis c virus transmission in colonial cameroon.in southern cameroon, where siv(cpz), the source of human immunodeficiency virus 1 (hiv-1) group m, is prevalent among wild chimpanzees, approximately 50% of some human birth cohorts have been infected with hepatitis c virus (hcv) through unclear mechanisms.201020735242
transmission of hepatitis c virus among spouses in cameroon and the central african republic.heterosexual transmission of hepatitis c virus (hcv) is uncommon, with few studies undertaken in central africa. to determine the frequency of inter-spouse hcv transmission, cross-sectional studies of elderly individuals in ebolowa, cameroon and nola, central african republic, in which, respectively, 24 and 83 long-term couples had been identified, were examined further. blood samples were tested for antibody to hcv. anti-hcv positive samples were genotyped by phylogenetic analysis of a fragment ...201122012718
high rate of hepatitis c virus infection and predominance of genotype 4 among elderly inhabitants of a remote village of the rain forest of south cameroon.to determine the prevalence of hepatitis c virus (hcv) infection and genotype distribution in a rural isolated area of central africa, plasma of 409 bantous (mean age, 32 years; range, 2-78 years) living in a remote village of the rain forest of southern cameroon was screened for anti-hcv antibodies. hcv seropositive samples were also subjected to qualitative detection of viral rna. hcv antibodies were detected in 70 (17.1%) individuals, 48 (68.8%) of whom had detectable viremia. the seroprevale ...200312938196
[the prevalence of anti-hepatitis c antibodies in pregnant women and blood donors in bénin].in order to precise if the hepatitis c virus (hcv) represents a potentially important infection for public health in benin, the authors have studied the seroprevalence rate of this virus in august 1991, among two groups of population in cotonou: 349 donors of blood (including 321 males); mean of ages: 28.7 y.-o., 149 pregnant women (mean of ages: 24.5 y.-o.). they have used an elisa test (innotest hcv innogenetis nv, antwerpen, belgium) and retested the positive serums by lia (line immuno assay, ...19958555764
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