| hepatitis c virus infection in samoa and american samoa. | little is known about the prevalence of hepatitis c virus (hcv) in pacific islands. in this study, serum specimens collected in 1985 and 2002 among the general populations of samoa and american samoa were tested for antibody to hcv by a third-generation enzyme immunoassay and a recombinant immunoblot assay. of the 3,466 specimens tested, 8 (0.2%; 95% confidence interval = 0.07-0.4%) were positive for antibody to hcv. prevalence did not vary by location or demographic characteristic. thus, hcv is ... | 2006 | 16474081 |
| hepatitis b and c virus serologies among japanese americans with hepatocellular carcinoma. | a cohort of 5924 japanese american men was examined between 1967 and 1970 for hepatocellular carcinoma (hcc). by 1992, 24 incident cases of hcc were histologically confirmed in the group. frozen serum samples from the 24 men with hcc and 72 age-matched controls were tested for hepatitis b surface antigen (hbsag), antibodies to hepatitis b core antigen, antibodies to hbsag, and antibodies to hepatitis c virus. hbsag was detected in 15 (62.5%) of 24 hcc cases compared with 2 (2.8%) of 72 controls ... | 1996 | 8648223 |
| hepatitis c virus infection in a human immunodeficiency virus-positive cohort in hawaii. | | 1997 | 9237729 |
| plasma concentrations of svcam-1 and severity of dengue infections. | adhesion molecules are essential for the immune response. they are involved in the regulation of cell-to-cell contact, thereby enabling leukocytes to communicate. circulating forms of adhesion molecules are found in the serum of healthy individuals. raised levels have been associated with disease severity in hcv and other infections and thus appear to be good markers of endothelial damage. the levels of soluble vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (svcam-1) and of sp and sl-selectin in the plasma o ... | 2001 | 11505450 |