| detection and phylogenetic analysis of human pegivirus (gbv-c) among blood donors and patients infected with hepatitis b virus (hbv) in qatar. | human pegivirus (hpgv), formerly gb virus-c/hepatitis g virus (gbv-c/hgv), collectively known as gbv-c, is widely spread and has been reported to be associated with non-a-e hepatitis. to our knowledge, no previous study was conducted about hpgv in qatar. thus, the objectives of this study were as follows: (i) to determine the rates of hpgv infection in qatar among healthy blood donors and hbv-infected patients, and (ii) to determine the most predominant hpgv genotype in qatar. a total of 714 blo ... | 2015 | 26058920 |
| sero-epidemiology of hepatitis b infection in pregnant women in oman, qatar and the united arab emirates. | the aim of this cross-sectional study was to evaluate the prevalence of hepatitis b 'e' antigen (hbeag) and hepatitis b surface antigen (hbsag) in pregnant women in the gulf states. | 2006 | 16271396 |
| detection and genotyping of torque teno virus (ttv) in healthy blood donors and patients infected with hbv or hcv in qatar. | torque teno virus (ttv) has been associated with non a-g hepatitis. the goal of this study was to estimate the infection rates and genotypic characteristics of ttv in the state of qatar. a total of 644 blood samples representing different nationalities: (i) qatari (118) and (ii) non-qatari (526) nationals (mostly from arab and south eeast asia countries) were tested for the presence of ttv dna by nested pcr. the majority (573) of the blood samples belonged to healthy blood donors, whereas 54 and ... | 2015 | 25676255 |