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Boletim epidemiológico: perfil epidemiológico de hepatites b e c no Estado de Goiás, 2019 a 2023
Epidemiological bulletin: epidemiological profile of hepatitis b and c in the state of Goiás, 2019 to 2023

Boletim com o objetivo de demonstrar o perfil epidemiológico dos casos que foram notificados entre 2019 a 2023, apresentando os indicadores epidemiológicos e operacionais de relevância do estado, para fins de tomada de decisão em relação às ações do Programa para Eliminação das Hepatites Virai...

Epidemiological study of Hepatitis C in people deprived of liberty

ABCS health sci; 49 (), 2024
INTRODUCTION: The prevalence of hepatitis C (HCV) is high among prisoners. If untreated, a substantial number of patients progress to cirrhosis, hepatocarcinoma, or liver failure. World Health Organization aims to reduce the incidence of infection by 90% by 2030. OBJECTIVE: To describe the prevalence of ...

Prevalence of active HCV infection and genotypic distribution among the general population of district Mardan, Pakistan

Braz. j. biol; 83 (), 2023
Abstract Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is the serious global public health burden of liver disease. Approximately 170 million people in the world are infected with (HCV). In Pakistan, where the disease has high occurrence rate. The present study envisages an up-to-date prevalence of HCV and genotypic distribut...

Distribuição e autocorrelação espacial das hepatites virais B e C no Paraná: estudo ecológico, 2011-2019

Epidemiol. serv. saúde; 32 (2), 2023
Objetivo: analisar a distribuição e a autocorrelação espacial das taxas de detecção das hepatites B e C no estado do Paraná, Brasil. Métodos: estudo ecológico das notificações de hepatites B e C no Sistema de Informação de Agravos de Notificação, 2011-2019; estimou-se a variação percent...

Perfil da hepatite C em Goiás: epidemiologia, distribuição genotípica e carga viral
Profile of hepatitis C in Goiás: epidemiology, genotypic distribution and viral load

O Virus da Hepatite C (HCV) possui vasta diversidade. Com base nas variações genômicas, existem oito genótipos, designados de G1 a G8, com prevalências distintas de acordo com a região geográfica observada. Objetivo: O objetivo do estudo foi avaliar o perfil epidemiológico, genotípico e carga vi...

Episode of Hepatitis C viral infection in the people of Swat, Pakistan

Braz. j. biol; 82 (), 2022
Infectious agents cause serious diseases in humans worldwide and are responsible for the high rate of morbidity and mortality. The prevalence and epidemiology of infectious disease (HCV) in the hospital visited patients referred by the physicians through the initial findings and their associated risk fac...

Seroprevalencia de infecciones hemotransmisibles en donantes de sangre

Med.lab; 26 (4), 2022
Introducción. La seguridad transfusional es el objetivo primordial de los bancos de sangre, sin embargo, conlleva un alto riesgo de eventos adversos como son las infecciones transmisibles por transfusión (ITT). El conocimiento de la prevalencia de estas infecciones fue de particular interés en esta in...

Kashmiri refugees at the verge of hepatitis B and C epidemic in the State of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To determine the seroprevalence of hepatitis B and C among immigrants residing refugee camps in Muzaffarabad, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan, and to identify possible risk factors for hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) transmission. METHODS Around 1,225 individuals inhabit...

Microeliminação da hepatite C na população carcerária: realmente possível?

Arq. gastroenterol; 58 (3), 2021
ABSTRACT According to the World Health Organization, 71 million people live with chronic hepatitis C. The treatment of this disease requires assistance from specialized physicians and a highly complex health care system. The prison population has been recognized as being at a high risk of acquiring confi...

Prevalence of HIV, Syphilis, Hepatitis B and C in pregnant women at a maternity hospital in Salvador

Abstract Objectives: to calculate the prevalence and rate per 1,000 live births of sexually transmitted infections (STI) in pregnant women at a public maternity hospital in Salvador. Methods: this descriptive, cross-sectional study retrospectively collected data from compulsory notifications and medica...