Hepatitis C virus has been considered to be one of the most important devastating causes of
chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis, and hepatic cellular carcinoma. The prevalence of such virus …

Long-term cycles in healthcare costs, medical admissions, hospital bed occupancy coupled
with periods of increased deaths can be discerned in western health care systems for which …

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND Chronic hepatitis C (CHC) is a leading cause of cirrhosis and
hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). This study aimed to study the association of IL28B, toll-like …

Aims: To study the trends in admission for diseases of the appendix and to attempt to
present a potential basis for the observed (complex) age-dependent trends and etiologies …

AIM: To test whether the status of positive cytomegalovirus (CMV) DNA detection adds to the
predictive value of IL28B and to further categorize C/T allele carriers. METHODS: This study …

Introduction: Despite advancements in hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection treatment, HCV still
represents a significant public health burden. Besides progressive hepatic damage, viral …

A novel subset of human natural killer (NK) cells, which displays potent and broad antiviral
responsiveness in concert with virus‐specific antibodies, was recently uncovered in …

Altered T cell homeostasis in chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection has been
demonstrated. However, it is unknown whether fibrosis is associated with more perturbed T …

Background Individuals with HIV infection exhibit high cytomegalovirus (CMV) IgG levels,
but there are few data regarding the association of hepatitis C virus (HCV) with the immune …

HCV recurrence represents a universal phenomenon after liver transplantation. In this study
Fifty HCV patients who underwent living donor liver transplantation were enrolled and …