| hepatitis c and b virus infections in populations at low or high risk in ho chi minh and hanoi, vietnam. | inhabitants and patients of two cities in vietnam were tested for antibodies to hepatitis c virus (anti-hcv), hepatitis b surface antigen (hbsag) and antibody to hbsag (anti-hbs). anti-hcv was detected in 43 (9%) of 491 individuals without liver disease in ho chi minh, more frequently (p < 0.001) than in 18 (4%) of 511 in hanoi. there was no apparent age-specific distribution of anti-hcv. among inhabitants of both cities, hbsag and anti-hbs were frequent, detected in 10-14% and 35-37%, respectiv ... | 1994 | 7524723 |
| markers of hepatitis c and b virus infections among blood donors in ho chi minh city and hanoi, vietnam. | blood donors in two cities in vietnam were tested for markers of hepatitis c virus (hcv) and hepatitis b virus infections. antibody to hcv was detected by passive hemagglutination with antigens of the second generation in 101 (20.6%) of 491 donors in ho chi minh city; it was detected less frequently (p < 0.001) in donors in hanoi (4 [0.8%] of 499). hcv rna was tested for in donors with antibody by pcr with nested primers from the 5'-noncoding region and detected in 79 donors in ho chi minh city ... | 1994 | 8556478 |
| prevalence of hepatitis b, hepatitis c, and gb virus c/hepatitis g virus infections in liver disease patients and inhabitants in ho chi minh, vietnam. | the prevalence of hepatitis b virus (hbv), hepatitis c virus (hcv), and gb virus c or hepatitis g virus (gbv-c/hgv) infections was determined in 289 patients with liver disease in ho chi minh city and 890 healthy inhabitants of its rural area, dalat city, vietnam, respectively. serum hcv rna and gbv-c/hgv rna were detected by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (rt-pcr). hbsag, hcv antibodies, and gbv-c/hgv rna were detected in 139 (47%), 69 (23%), and ten (3%) subjects, respectively ... | 1998 | 9557289 |