HEPATITIS B AND C: FREQUENCY, MODES OF TRANSMISSION AND RISK FACTORS ALONG WITH SOME UNORTHODOX ROUTES OF SPREADNaqvi, Iftikhar HaiderTalib, AbuBaloch, GoharMahmood, KhalidQadari, ZahidPakistan Journal of Public Health
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Nosocomial Transmission of Hepatitis B Virus Associated with the Use of a Spring-Loaded Finger-Stick Device Polish LB, Shapiro C, Bauer F. Nosocomial transmission of hepatitis B virus associated with the use of a spring loaded finger-stick device. N EngJ ... LB Polish,CN Shapiro,F Bauer,....
Heterosexual transmission of hepatitis C, hepatitis B, and HIV-1 in a sample of inner city women. BACKGROUND: To clarify the role of heterosexual transmission of hepatitis C virus (HCV) and to identify associated risk factors. GOAL: To compare risk fact... Feldman,G Joseph,Minkoff,... -...
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Prevalence and mother-to-infant transmission of hepatitis viruses B, C, and E in Southern Tanzania Hepatitis B and C markers were tested in 980 pregnant women, in the infants born to infected mothers, and in a random sample of 42 and 50, respectively, ch... C Menendez,JM Sanchez-Tapias...
Transmission may spread through numerous ways, including transmission from mother to child during pregnancy orchildbirth; having sex without a condom; skin penetration with contaminated equipment (e.g., sharing needles,needle stick injuries, tattooing); and sharing objects that may contain blood (e.g...
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is a zoonotic agent that causes acute hepatitis in humans, and infects several animal species, most importantly swine. In the current study, that presents the first evidence of HEV infections in pigs in Finland, genetic divergence and transmission of HEV was investigated...
Under a Creative Commons license open accessBackground & Aims Although hepatitis B virus (HBV) transmission after liver transplantation of grafts from HBsAg-negative, anti-HBc positive donors is well established, the growing organ shortage favours the use of such marginal grafts. We systematically eva...