Risk factors of hepatitis B virus infection between vaccinated and unvaccinated groups among spouses in 2006 and 2014: a cross-sectional study in BeijingHepatitis B vaccinationmarried peoplerisk factorhorizontal transmissionseroprevalenceObjectives: To assess the prevalence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) ...
2.5 years). Figure2shows the cumulative incidences of HBV reactivation following RTX treatment. In the HBV reactivation group, the mean age was 77.5 years. One patient had hepatitis C virus (HCV) coinfection (Table1), with the HCV RNA level undetectable upon HBV ...
The accumulated evidence indicates that hepatitis C virus (HCV) can be transmitted by sexual contact but much less efficiently than other sexually transmitted viruses, including hepatitis B virus and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). However, because sex is such a common behavior and the reservoir...
BACKGROUND: Mongolia has one of the highest rates of viral hepatitis infections worldwide yet risk factors have been largely unstudied. This sentinel study of hepatitis infection in Mongolia determined the prevalence of hepatitis B virus surface antigen (HBsAg) and hepatitis C virus antibody (anti-...
(AOR = 5.74 CI, 1.24-26.50). Studies conducted from Bamako, Mali and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia identified that body tattooing has a significant association with HBV infection [16,26]. Moreover, surgical application was one of the risk factor which was statistically significant, (AOR = ...
Over and above some of them also indulge in drug injecting practices along with their partners. The present study was carried out on FSWs to assess the prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and possibility of sexual transmission of HCV and associated risk factors among them. Methods:...
Multivariate analysis showed the factors that were independently associated with the development of OI to be acute rejection, graft loss, post‐transplantation hemodialysis, and HCV replication. Liver cirrhosis after transplantation could not be considered a risk factor to develop OI. To conclude, a ...
We explored the association between diabetes mellitus (DM) and the risk of hepatitis C virus (HCV)-related liver cirrhosis in Chinese patients with chronic hepatitis C (CHC). To examine the link between DM and liver cirrhosis, we conducted a case-control
Risk Factors of Depression The baseline characteristics of patients in the included studies were used as risk factor adjustment for depression, and the results are summarized in Table 2. University education was found to be a preventive factor against depression after LT (OR: 0.34, CI: 0.17–0.67...
Results: A total of 1431 prisoners was studied, out of them, 1153 had a history of addiction to a narcotic drug, and 28% of them were intravenous drug users (IDUs). This study revealed that tattoo is the most important risk factor for HBV infection in Iranian prisoners (OR, 1.85; 95%...