A systematic review of hepatitis C virus epidemiology in Asia, Australia and Egypt

W Sievert, I Altraif, HA Razavi, A Abdo… - Liver …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Background: The hepatitis C pandemic has been systematically studied and characterized
in North America and Europe, but this important public health problem has not received …

Systematic review: Asian patients with chronic hepatitis C infection

LH Nguyen, MH Nguyen - Alimentary pharmacology & …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Summary Background Chronic hepatitis C (CHC) infection is a risk factor for both the
development of end‐stage liver disease and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Globally …

[PDF][PDF] Seroprevalence of HIV, HBV, HCV and syphilis in voluntary blood donors

G Nalini, K Vijay, K Amarjit - Indian journal of medical sciences, 2004 - bioline.org.br
Sir, Screening of blood is now mandatory for many diseases and is undertaken routinely in
blood banks. Many studies have been done on human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) …

Prevalence and trends of markers of hepatitis C virus, hepatitis B virus and human immunodeficiency virus in Delhi blood donors: a hospital based study

S Pahuja, M Sharma, B Baitha, M Jain - Japanese journal of …, 2007 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Transfusion transmitted infections (TTIs) are a major problem associated with blood
transfusion practices. A 4-year retrospective study from 2002 to 2005 was conducted at the …

Seroprevalence of transfusion transmissible infections among voluntary blood donors at a tertiary care teaching hospital in rural area of India

PA Giri, JD Deshpande, DB Phalke… - Journal of family …, 2012 - journals.lww.com
Background: Blood transfusion is a life-saving measure in various medical and surgical
emergencies. Transfusion medicine, apart from being important for the medical treatment of …

Risk factors analysis for hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with and without cirrhosis: a case–control study of 213 hepatocellular carcinoma patients from India

M Kumar, R Kumar, SS Hissar… - Journal of …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Aim: To assess the role of hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV) and alcohol intake
as risk factors for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in the presence or absence of cirrhosis in …

Consensus statement of HCV task force of the Indian National Association for Study of the Liver (INASL). Part I: Status report of HCV infection in India

P Puri, AC Anand, VA Saraswat, SK Acharya… - Journal of clinical and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Globally, around 150 million people are infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV). India
contributes a large proportion of this HCV burden. The prevalence of HCV infection in India …

Seroprevalence & changing trends of transfusion-transmitted infections amongst blood donors in a Regional Blood Transfusion Centre in north India

A Rawat, P Diwaker, P Gogoi… - Indian Journal of Medical …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Methods: This retrospective study was based on the records of all voluntary and
replacement donations which were collected from January 2008 to December 2014 in a …

Infectious disease markers in blood donors

A Chattoraj, R Behl, VK Kataria - Medical Journal Armed Forces India, 2008 - Elsevier
Background The infectious disease markers for which blood donors are screened include
anti-human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg), anti-hepatitis …

Individual donor-nucleic acid testing for human immunodeficiency virus-1, hepatitis C virus and hepatitis B virus and its role in blood safety

R Kumar, S Gupta, A Kaur, M Gupta - Asian journal of transfusion …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Background: Transfusion-transmitted infections (TTIs) are one of the biggest threats to blood
transfusion safety. Nucleic acid testing (NAT) in blood donor screening has been …