[the prevalence of anti-hepatitis c antibodies in pregnant women and blood donors in bénin]. | in order to precise if the hepatitis c virus (hcv) represents a potentially important infection for public health in benin, the authors have studied the seroprevalence rate of this virus in august 1991, among two groups of population in cotonou: 349 donors of blood (including 321 males); mean of ages: 28.7 y.-o., 149 pregnant women (mean of ages: 24.5 y.-o.). they have used an elisa test (innotest hcv innogenetis nv, antwerpen, belgium) and retested the positive serums by lia (line immuno assay, ... | 1995 | 8555764 |
efficacy and safety of peginterferon alpha-2a/ribavirin in treatment-naive cameroonian patients with chronic hepatitis c. | data were examined from a day-to-day clinical practice in yaounde, cameroon to evaluate the efficacy and safety of peginterferon alfa-2a and ribavirin in treatment-naive cameroonian patients with chronic hepatitis c. ninety adults with chronic hepatitis c (mean age, 53 +/- 8 years; 79% males; 37.8% genotype 1; 23.3% genotype 2; and 38.9% genotype 4) were given at least 12 weeks of combination therapy between february 2003 and august 2007. of these, 54 completed the treatment and the 24-week foll ... | 2008 | 19040282 |