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Reducción en la infección por VHB y VHD en dos poblaciones indígenas de la Amazonia peruana después de la vacunación contra la hepatitis B

Salud pública Méx; 62 (3), 2020
Resumen: Objetivo: Conocer el resultado de la vacunación contra la hepatitis B en las comunidades hiperendémicas Kandozi y Chapra de la Amazonia Peruana a partir de la prevalencia de infecciones por los virus de la hepatitis B (VHB) y Delta (VHD), ocho años después de iniciada la vacunación. Mater...

Análise da soroconversão após esquema habitual de vacinação contra hepatite B em pacientes com doenças inflamatórias intestinais

Arq. gastroenterol; 57 (1), 2020
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) vaccinated for hepatitis B have a low success rate in achieving protective antibody levels. The main factors suggested for this are IBD itself and the use of immunosuppressive drugs. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the concentration of anti-H...

Hepatitis B: Prevalence and occult infection in HIV-infected patients

Abstract INTRODUCTION: HBV and HIV have identical transmission routes. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of HBV in HIV patients and to detect the presence of occult HBV infection. METHODS: All samples were tested for serology markers and using qPCR. RESULTS: This study included 232...

Hepatitis E virus prevalence in Egyptian children with transfusion-dependent thalassemia

Braz. j. infect. dis; 23 (1), 2019
ABSTRACT Hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection is one of the major public health problems in developing countries. HEV can cause chronic infections in immunocompromised individuals e.g. thalassemic patients with increased risk of morbidity and mortality. In addition there is possibility of HEV transmission t...

Anti-hepatitis B antibody levels In immunized medical students: are they at risk?

Abstract INTRODUCTION Medical students have an occupational risk for hepatitis B (HB). This study sought to determine anti-HBs and anti-HBc IgG levels in vaccinated students, check their seroconversion, and correlate this with vaccination. METHODS One hundred and forty-three students' blood samples a...

Hepatite B e C em gestantes atendidas em um programa de pré-natal em um hospital universitário no Rio de Janeiro, Brasil: estudo retrospectivo de rastreamento da soroprevalência

Arq. gastroenterol; 55 (3), 2018
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Hepatitis B and C are diseases with high morbimortality and constitute a global public health problem. In Brazil, the prevalence is not homogeneous, oscillating among different regions, but it is estimated that currently about 1% of the population present chronic disease related to...

Prevalence of serological markers for hepatitis and potential associated factors in patients with diabetes mellitus

ABSTRACT Objective: to estimate the prevalence of serological markers for hepatitis B and C in patients with diabetes mellitus and analyze potential associated factors. Method: a cross-sectional study with 255 patients with diabetes mellitus. Demographic, clinical, and risk behavior factors for hepatit...

Hepatitis B status in hemodialysis patients

Arq. gastroenterol; 54 (4), 2017
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Patients on chronic dialysis present a high prevalence of hepatitis B virus infection. Despite infection-control practices, surveillance of serological markers, and hepatitis B vaccination, there are still outbreaks of the disease in dialysis centers. OBJECTIVE: This study aims to...

Prevalencia de hepatitis B y C en el banco de sangre de un hospital en Callao, Perú

Objetivo: El objetivo del presente estudio fue determinar la prevalencia de seropositividad para HBsAg, Anti-HBcAg y Anti- HVC del Banco de Sangre del Hospital Nacional Daniel Alcides Carrión (HNDAC) durante el periodo 2010 al 2012. Materiales y métodos: Estudio transversal retrospectivo. Se incluyó a...

Marcadores de infección para hepatitis viral en donantes de sangre de un hospital nacional de lima metropolitana

RESUMEN El objetivo del estudio fue determinar la frecuencia de marcadores de infección para hepatitis B, hepatitis C y conocer los factores asociados en los donantes de sangre. El estudio se realizó con datos del registro de donantes de un hospital público de Lima. De 28 263 sujetos analizados entre ...