| prevalence and risk factors of hepatitis b virus infection in bahrain, 2000 through 2010. | hepatitis b infection is one of the world's major infectious diseases with about 350 million chronic carriers. because no data is published on the prevalence and risk factors of this important disease in bahrain, this article evaluates the available data from 2000 to 2010 to estimate the prevalence of the infection and to evaluate the risk factors. epidemiologic data on hbv cases were collected from the major hospitals and health centers in bahrain and statistically analyzed. over this indicated ... | 2014 | 24498341 |
| prevalence of hepatitis b, hepatitis c and human immune deficiency virus markers among patients with hereditary haemolytic anaemias. | to determine the prevalence of hepatitis b virus (hbv), hepatitis c virus (hcv) and human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) markers among bahraini children with hereditary haemolytic anaemias, a cross-sectional study was conducted at the paediatric outpatient clinic of sulimaniya medical center in the state of bahrain. a total of 242 patients with hereditary haemolytic anaemias were enrolled in the study: 171 (71%) with sickle cell syndromes, 59 (24%) with beta thalassaemia major and 12 (5%) with alp ... | 1995 | 7677412 |
| seroprevalence of hepatitis c virus and hepatitis b virus among dialysis patients in bahrain and saudi arabia. | dialysis patients are at risk for contracting blood-borne infections, including hepatitis viruses (hbv and hcv). the aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of hbv and hcv infection among hamodialysis patients in bahrain and saudi arabia. study subjects comprised 81 bahraini and 34 saudi dialysis patients, and as control 7714 bahraini and 2330 saudi blood donors. serologic markers of hbv (hbsag, anti-hbc) and hcv (anti-hcv) were determined by eia and confirmed by pcr (hbv) and rt-pcr (hcv ... | 2004 | 15350487 |
| hepatitis b and hepatitis c virus prevalence among dialysis patients in bahrain and saudi arabia: a survey by serologic and molecular methods. | hepatitis b virus (hbv) and hepatitis c virus (hcv) infections were assessed among 81 bahraini and 34 saudi hemodialysis patients and 7714 bahraini and 2330 saudi blood donors. higher prevalence of hcv (9.24% vs 0.30%), hepatitis b surface antigen (5.88% vs 0.62%) were seen in patients versus control patients, and in saudi patients compared with bahraini patients. hcv genotypes were hcv 1a/1b plus hcv 4 among bahraini patients and hcv 2/2a plus hcv 4 among saudi patients. this is the first repor ... | 2004 | 15573057 |