| coinfection by human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis b virus and hepatitis c virus in injecting drug users. | detection of hepatitis b surface antigen (hbsag), anti hepatitis c virus (hcv) antibody and anti human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) antibody was carried out in serum samples from 250 injecting drug users (idus) from a deaddiction centre, shalom, in churachanpur district, manipur during the period of august-october, 2002. one hundred and forty-nine (59.6%) idus were positive for hiv antibody, 226 (90.4%) were positive for anti hcv antibody and 27 (10.8%) were positive for hbsag. there was coinfec ... | 2009 | 19810379 |
| pattern of hepatitis c virus genotypes in hiv infected patients in rims, hospital, imphal, manipur. | the present study was carried out to find the pattern of genotype distribution of hepatitis c virus. twenty-three hepatitis c virus positive serum samples in various age-groups of both sexes attending, microbiology department, rims during the period from september 2002 to december 2004 were studied for hepatitis c genotype. these hcv positive serum samples were sent to national institute of cholera and enteric diseases, kolkata. the serum samples were tested for hcv-rna by qualitative rt-pcr tes ... | 2007 | 18338712 |