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High prevalence of hepatitis C infection in a Brazilian prison: identification of risk factors for infection

... Hepatitis C virus (HCV) causes infectious hepatitis ...sharing of intravenous paraphernalia during illicit drug use. High prevalence rates have been described among specific ... See full document

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Seroprevalence of HbsAg, Anti-HBc and Anti-HCV in Southern Brazil, 1999-2001

... the high prevalence of HBV markers in the different regions of the state of Santa Catarina, the high risk of transmission of HBV infection ... See full document

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Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop. vol.42 número4

... that hepatitis C is still an important health problem within the Brazilian prison ...several factors and behavioral patterns, such as the socioeconomic origin of the inmates, and ... See full document

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Patterns of hepatitis B virus infection in Brazilian human immunodeficiency virus infected patients: high prevalence of occult infection and low frequency of lamivudine resistant mutations

... consisted of 44 HIV-1 infected subjects (mean age, 38 years) who were anti-HBc positive with or without other HBV serological markers and who attended as outpatients at two public hospitals (Gaffrée e Guinle and ... See full document

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Cad. Saúde Pública vol.26 número9

... the prevalence of hepatitis viral infection and the pattern of risk factors was carried out in the urban population of all Brazilian state capi- tals ... See full document

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Hepatitis C Virus Prevalence among an Immigrant Community to the Southern Amazon, Brazil

... conducted in a southern Brazilian Amazonian county aiming to investigate hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection prevalence and the association of demographic variables and ... See full document

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HEPATITIS C VIRUS SEROPREVALENCE AND RISK FACTORS AMONG PATIENTS WITH HIV INFECTION

... objective of this study was to evaluate the prevalence and risk factors associated with HCV infection in a group of HIV seropositive ...records of 1,457 patients. ... See full document

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PREVALENCE OF HEPATITIS B AND C IN THE SERA OF PATIENTS WITH HIV INFECTION IN SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL

... out of 1,411 patients tested for both HBV and HCV, 26 ...group of patients have been analyzed according to their risk factors for HIV/HCV/ HBV (Table ...important risk factor involved ... See full document

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Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop. vol.49 número4

... a high incidence and prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in indigenous populations around the ...the prevalence and annual risk of infection ... See full document

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Arq. Gastroenterol. vol.52 número1

... the prevalence and risk factors associated with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infec- ...the prevalence and risk factors for HCV infection in university ... See full document

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Impacto clínico-histológico da infecção oculta pelo vírus da hepatite B em portadores crônicos do vírus da hepatite C

... Occult hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is defined by the presence of HBV-DNA by PCR in serum or liver tissue samples from HBsAg-negative ...that hepatitis C virus (HCV) ... See full document

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Prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection and associated factors among male illicit drug users in Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil

... HCV infection in our study. These results are in accordance with those of other reports showing high- er HCV prevalence among prisoners and ex-convicts (Hwang et ...two-thirds ... See full document

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Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop. vol.44 número5

... having high risk of contracting HBV infection, particularly those in prisons and of old age, that being infected would be related to more duration of staying in ... See full document

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Crosssectional study to determine the prevalence of hepatitis B and C virus infection in high risk groups in the northeast region of Brazil

... (Hepatitis C Virus) infections are more prevalent in vulnerable populations than the general ...objective of this study was to investigate the prevalence of HBV and HCV ... See full document

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Braz. J. Pharm. Sci. vol.48 número2

... the prevalence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) serological markers of infection in young adults from the metropolitan region of ... See full document

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Hepatitis C virus infection among injection drug users with and without human immunodeficiency virus co-infection.

... the prevalence of HCV/HIV co-infection was ...al. in Taiwan during the period from 1994 to 2002 ...difference in study populations: a prison-based population in the ... See full document

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High prevalence of occult hepatitis B virus genotype H infection among children with clinical hepatitis in west Mexico

... effective in mid-2008. No- tably, among the 24 cases of HBV DNA+ children, 62% of them were not vaccinated against hepatitis ...B. In all of these cases, the children had OBI and ... See full document

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Pompilio MA (1), Pontes ERJC (1), Castro ARCM (1), Andrade SMO (1), Stief ACF (1), Martins RMB (2), Mousquer GJ (1), Murat PG (1), Francisco RBL (3), Pompilio SAL (4), Rezende GR (4), Elias-Junior E (5)

... lack of knowledge about hepatitis C, multiple arrests and long periods in prison have been identified by other studies as factors associated with higher occurrences of the ... See full document

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Prevalence and risk factors of Hepatitis C virus infection in Brazil, 2005 through 2009: a cross-sectional study

... source of transmission of HCV infection in developed countries and with the reports of sniffed drugs as another important mode of HCV acquisition in developing ... See full document

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Determination Of Longevity Of Teeth In Buckets Of Loading Equipment In Coal Mines - A Case Study

... abrasivity of rock which is a main contributory geological condition can be described by the petrographic composition, in particular the contribution of hard minerals like ...Determination of ... See full document

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