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Tratamiento simplificado para pacientes con Hepatitis C
Simplified treatment for hepatitis C patients

El nuevo tratamiento simplificado con antivirales orales para pacientes con Hepatitis C puede ser abordado desde la atención primaria, lo que facilita el acceso de la población afectada por esta infección crónica. En este artículo se repasan los aspectos claves del diagnóstico, el esquema de tratam...

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...

Advanced cervical cancer: leveraging the historical threshold of overall survival

Evaluation of the seroprevalence of infectious diseases in 2, 445 in vitro fertilization cycles

Abstract Objective To evaluate the seroprevalence of positive markers for syphilis, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) I and II, human T cell lymphotropic virus (HTLV) I and II, and hepatitis B and C among women undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF). Methods We conducted a retrospective analysis am...

One-step real-time PCR assay for detection and quantification of RNA HCV to monitor patients under treatment in Brazil

Braz. j. infect. dis; 22 (5), 2018
ABSTRACT The Brazilian Public Health Service provides freely αPEG-IFN to treat patients infected with HCV. The primary goal of HCV therapy is the long-term elimination of HCV from the blood to reduce the risk of HCV associated complications and death. Patient viremia affects the treatment duration 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...

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...

Transient Elastography vs Aspartate Aminotransferase to Platelet Ratio Index in Hepatitis C: A Meta-Analysis

Ann. hepatol; 16 (3), 2017
ABSTRACT Background and rationale. Many different non-invasive methods have been studied with the purpose of staging liver fibrosis. The objective of this study was verifying if transient elastography is superior to aspartate aminotransferase to platelet ratio index for staging fibrosis in patients with...

Viral hepatitis in female sex workers using the Respondent-Driven Sampling

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To estimate the prevalence of hepatitis B virus and C virus infections and their genotypes and analyze the risk factors for the markers of exposure to hepatitis B virus in female sex workers in a region of intense sex trade. METHODS This is a cross-sectional study performed with four...