Background: The epidemiology and prevalence of the Human T-cell leukemia virus type-1
(HTLV-1) infection represent a recommended priority by global health agencies. An in-depth …

An estimated 1.08 million carriers of human T‐lymphotropic virus 1 (HTLV‐1) were living in
Japan in 2006–2007. Since that study, new data on horizontal infection, nationwide …

Despite recent efforts to control and eradicate the hepatitis C virus (HCV), Iran still faces
significant gaps and challenges in HCV epidemiological data. Accurate prevalence …

Abstract Background Human Parvovirus 4 (PARV4) is an emerging virus infecting
individuals with other blood-borne diseases. This study aimed to determine the prevalence …

Background Occult hepatitis B infection (OBI) is a transfusion‐transmitted infection.
Although, screening the hepatitis B virus among blood donors can play an important role in …

Objectives Hepatitis delta virus (HDV) infection has been granted orphan disease status by
the US Food and Drug Administration and the European Medicines Agency owing to its …

A pesar de que las transfusiones de sangre son intervenciones terapéuticas que salvan la
vida de millones de personas cada año en todo el mundo, el acceso a sangre o …

Background and Aim: It is estimated that each blood unit transfusion carries 1% chance of
complications including transfusion transmitted infections (TTIs) to blood recipients. The …

Materials and Methods This retrospective study is conducted on blood donors in Sistan and
Baluchestan province in order to evaluate the prevalence rate and trend of Hepatitis B and C …

A pesar de que las transfusiones de sangre son intervenciones terapéuticas que salvan la
vida de millones de personas cada año en todo el mundo, el acceso a sangre o …