| lack of behavior change after disclosure of hepatitis c virus infection among young injection drug users in baltimore, maryland. | we evaluated behavior change after disclosure of a positive hepatitis c virus (hcv) antibody test result among a cohort of young injection drug users (idus). participants underwent semiannual interviews, human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) and hcv antibody testing, and pretest and posttest counseling. we used chi(2) statistics to study changes in the frequencies of high-risk behaviors from baseline to a 6-month follow-up visit among 46 idus who had a positive hcv test result and among 60 idus who ... | 2002 | 12228813 |
| hepatitis c virus infections from contaminated 99mtc-sestamibi. | | 2007 | 17475974 |
| prevalence of hepatitis c virus infection among injection drug users in the united states, 1994-2004. | to examine hepatitis c virus (hcv) seroprevalence among injection drug users in 4 us cities from 1994 through 2004. | 2008 | 18462109 |
| hepatitis c virus transmission in hemodialysis units: importance of infection control practices and aseptic technique. | we investigated 4 hepatitis c virus (hcv) infection outbreaks at hemodialysis units to identify practices associated with transmission. apparent failures to follow recommended infection control precautions resulted in patient-to-patient hcv transmission, through cross-contamination of the environment or intravenous medication vials. fastidious attention to aseptic technique and infection control precautions are essential to prevent hcv transmission. | 2009 | 19642900 |
| prevalence, correlates, and viral dynamics of hepatitis delta among injection drug users. | most hepatitis delta virus (hdv) prevalence estimates from the united states are >10 years old, and hdv has shown significant temporal variation in other populations. hdv-hepatitis b virus (hbv) dual infection progresses rapidly, has more complications, and has a different treatment regimen than hbv infection alone. accurate estimates of prevalence and risk factors are important to help clinicians decide who to screen. | 2010 | 20701536 |
| seroepidemiology of hepatitis b virus in a population of injecting drug users. association with drug injection patterns. | to investigate the epidemiology of hepatitis b virus (hbv) infection among injecting drug users, the authors assessed the prevalence of hbv seromarkers among 2,558 injecting drug users recruited through street outreach in baltimore, maryland, in 1988-1989. eighty percent of the drug users had at least one hbv seromarker. hbv seropositivity was associated with increasing age, duration of injecting drug use, african-american ethnicity, injecting drugs at least once daily, and sharing needles or vi ... | 1995 | 7631637 |
| correlates of hepatitis c virus infections among injection drug users. | injection drug users are at high risk for hepatitis c virus (hcv) infection. in baltimore, maryland, the prevalence of anti-hcv is greater among injection drug users who are black, human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infected, have injected longer, have injected more frequently, and have injected cocaine than among other injection drug users. hcv infection occurs quickly after the initiation of injecting illicit drugs, with 78% of study participants anti-hcv positive after 2 years of injecting. t ... | 1995 | 7623656 |
| effect of micronutrients and iron supplementation on hemoglobin, iron status, and plasma hepatitis c and hiv rna levels in female injection drug users: a controlled clinical trial. | iron deficiency is common among female injection drug users, but it is unclear whether iron supplementation can reduce anemia and improve iron status without increasing plasma hepatitis c virus (hcv) or hiv rna levels. | 2007 | 17414930 |
| hepatitis c virus infections from a contaminated radiopharmaceutical used in myocardial perfusion studies. | nuclear pharmacies prepare radiopharmaceutical products for use in common diagnostic procedures, including myocardial perfusion studies. hepatitis c virus (hcv) transmission has not been reported previously in the setting of nuclear imaging studies. | 2006 | 17062864 |
| a decade of experience with renal transplantation in african-americans. | objective to evaluate the strategies instituted by the authors' center to decrease the time to transplantation and increase the rate of transplantation for african-americans, consisting of a formal education program concerning the benefits of living organ donation that is oriented to minorities; a laparoscopic living donation program; use of hepatitis c-positive donors in documented positive recipients; and encouraging vaccination for hepatitis b, allowing the use of hepatitis b core ab-positive ... | 2002 | 12454518 |
| prevalence and incidence of hepatitis c virus infection among male prison inmates in maryland. | to identify incidence of antibody to hepatitis c virus among 265 male prison inmates, we assayed paired serum specimens obtained at intake in 1985-1986 with follow-up specimens in 1987. intake prevalence was 38 percent. seroincidence was 1.1/100 person years in prison. this finding might reflect saturation of high-risk subgroups or possibly reduced frequency of exposures following incarceration. | 1993 | 8307145 |
| application of commercial assays to detect igg antibodies to hepatitis c virus in urine: a pilot study from autopsy cases. | hepatitis c virus (hcv), the main cause of non-a, non-b hepatitis in the united states and possibly in the world, is believed to be transmitted primarily through parenteral exposure. many screening and supplemental tests are available to detect antibodies to hcv in serum. the ability to use commercial assays to detect antibodies to hcv in urine was investigated in this study. a total of 229 serum/urine matched samples were collected sequentially from forensic autopsy cases examined at the office ... | 1994 | 7531754 |
| early changes in natural killer cell function indicate virologic response to interferon therapy for hepatitis c. | background & aims: mathematical modeling of hepatitis c virus (hcv) kinetics indicated that cellular immune responses contribute to interferon (ifn)-induced clearance of hcv. we investigated a potential role of natural killer (nk) cells in this process. methods: phenotype and function of blood and liver nk cells were studied during the first 12 weeks of treatment with pegylated ifn-alfa and ribavirin, the time period used to define the early virological response. results: within hours of treatme ... | 2011 | 21741920 |
| hepatitis c services and individuals with serious mental illness. | although individuals with serious mental illness have been shown to be at increased risk for hepatitis c viral (hcv) infection, there is growing concern regarding limited dissemination of recommended hcv related services to this population. this paper presents rates of receipt of hcv prevention services among a cohort of seriously mentally ill adults and reports rates of recommended follow-up care among the subset who tested hcv positive in a pilot study. previous hcv screening was low and indic ... | 2008 | 18465227 |