[HTML][HTML] Occult hepatitis C virus infection in the Middle East and Eastern Mediterranean countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis

MR Hedayati-Moghaddam, H Soltanian… - World Journal of …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
BACKGROUND The presence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA in liver tissue or peripheral
blood mononuclear cells with no identified virus genome in the serum has been reported …

Clinical Characteristics, Etiology, and Prognostic Scores in Patients with Acute Decompensated Liver Cirrhosis

H Al Kaabi, AM Al Alawi, Z Al Falahi… - Journal of Clinical …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Background: Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis contribute significantly to global mortality,
with limited improvements despite medical advancements. This study aims to evaluate acute …

Hepatitis C risk score as a tool to identify infected individuals: A demonstration study in Egypt

R El-Khoury, H Chemaitelly, AS Alaama, JG Hermez… - medRxiv, 2023 - medrxiv.org
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a global health challenge. By the end of 2021, WHO
estimated that less than quarter of global HCV infections were diagnosed. There is a need …

Hepatitis C risk score as a tool to identify individuals with HCV infection: a demonstration and cross-sectional epidemiological study in Egypt

R El-Khoury, H Chemaitelly, AS Alaama, JG Hermez… - BMJ open, 2024 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection poses a global health challenge. By the end of
2021, the WHO estimated that less than a quarter of global HCV infections had been …

[HTML][HTML] Hepatitis C virus among blood donors and general population in Middle East and North Africa: Meta-analyses and meta-regressions

S Mahmud, H Chemaitelly, AS Alaama… - World Journal of Meta …, 2022 - wjgnet.com
BACKGROUND Despite the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region reported to have
the highest prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) globally, HCV infection levels in the …

[PDF][PDF] Occult hepatitis C infection: viruses with infectious potential in Huh7. 5 and MDBK cell lines suggest HCV/OCI transmission

E Silva, S Marques, H Osorio, B Canhão… - … . Pharmacol. Int. J, 2023 - researchgate.net
Background: Occult hepatitis C infection (OCI) is characterized by the detection of HCVRNA
in patient's peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) without detection in serum. We aim …