Results: 8

Infección crónica por virus de hepatitis B. Instituto de Gastroenterología de Cuba, 2016-2018
Chronic hepatitis B virus infection. Institute of Gastroenterology, Havana, Cuba; 2016-2018

Introducción: La efectividad del programa nacional de inmunización ha impactado en la reducción de la incidencia del virus de la hepatitis B en Cuba; sin embargo, no es despreciable la cantidad de pacientes infectados crónicos, que por esta causa, se detectan en la práctica asistencial, aunque insuf...

The effectiveness of the national hepatitis B vaccination program 25 years after its introduction in Iran: a historical cohort study

Braz. j. infect. dis; 23 (6), 2019
ABSTRACT Introduction: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is responsible for one of the most common human viral infections. An estimated 257 million people are living with chronic HBV infection worldwide, and mortality has reached 900,000 deaths in recent years. In 2001, the World Health Organization reported a pr...

Molecular epidemiology of Hepatitis delta virus infection in Minas Gerais state from Brazil, an area outside the hyperendemic region of the Amazon Basin

Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz; 114 (), 2019
BACKGROUND Hepatitis delta virus (HDV) infections in hepatitis B virus (HBV) carriers are the most severe form of viral hepatitis. HDV prevalence is high in the Brazilian Amazon, but studies in other regions of the country are still scarce and often underestimated its prevalence by including a small numb...

Búsqueda de infección por Hepatitis B en familiares de portadores crónicos de la provincia de Huanta, Ayacucho -Perú

RESUMEN Un plan de eliminación del virus de hepatitis B (HBV) es factible porque la inmunización ha tenido buen impacto, tal como ha sucedido en la provincia de Huanta en Perú. El objetivo de nuestro estudio fue determinar la frecuencia de la infección por HBV en familiares de portadores del antígen...

HBV epidemiology and genetic diversity in an area of high prevalence of hepatitis B in southern Brazil

Braz. j. infect. dis; 22 (4), 2018
ABSTRACT Background Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a major public health problem in Brazil. HBV endemicity is usually moderate to low according to geographic regions, and high prevalence of this virus has been reported in people of some specific Brazilian counties, including those with a strong in...

Risk factors for hepatitis B transmission in South Brazil

Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz; 112 (8), 2017
BACKGROUND Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a major public health problem in Brazil. Several risk factors are involved in HBV infection and their identification by a rational and essential approach is required to prevent the transmission of this infection in Brazil. OBJECTIVES To evaluate risk fac...

Prevalence and characteristics of HIV/HBV and HIV/HCV coinfections in Tuscany

Braz. j. infect. dis; 20 (4), 2016
Abstract Introduction Worldwide about 30% of HIV-infected patients are coinfected with HCV or HBV. The HIV/HCV coinfection is more common in individuals who have a history of drug addiction. The aims of this study were to assess the HCV and HBV prevalence in HIV-infected patients and analyze their chara...

Las hepatitis B y C bajo la lupa La respuesta de salud pública en la Región de las Américas, 2016

El presente informe ofrece un panorama de las epidemias actuales de hepatitis B y hepatitis C, así como de la respuesta del sector de la salud en la Región de las Américas. Su finalidad es proporcionar, en el marco de un entorno en constante cambio, un conocimiento básico de los temas principales rel...