An overview about hepatitis C: a devastating virus

N Bostan, T Mahmood - Critical reviews in microbiology, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Hepatitis C (HCV) is the disease that has affected around 200 million people globally. HCV
is a life threatening human pathogen, not only because of its high prevalence and worldwide …

Complete genomes for hepatitis C virus subtypes 6f, 6i, 6j and 6m: viral genetic diversity among Thai blood donors and infected spouses

L Lu, C Li, Y Fu, L Thaikruea… - Journal of general …, 2007 - microbiologyresearch.org
In this study, the first complete genome sequences for hepatitis C virus (HCV) subtypes 6f,
6i, 6j and 6m, obtained from infected blood donors in Chiang Mai, Thailand, are reported …

Molecular investigation of interspousal transmission of hepatitis C virus in two Japanese patients who acquired acute hepatitis C after 40 or 42 years of marriage

H Nakayama, Y Sugai, S Ikeya, J Inoue… - Journal of medical …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract A 65‐year‐old woman (C1I) and a 65‐year‐old man (C2I) contracted acute
hepatitis C 40 or 42 years after marriage, respectively, in Japan. They had no discernible …

Transmisión de la hepatitis C esporádica en el ámbito odontológico

MC Ferreiro, MH Prieto, PD Dios - Medicina clínica, 2004 - Elsevier
El contacto percutáneo con sangre contaminada es el modo primordial de transmisión del
virus de la hepatitis C (VHC). Sin embargo, el diagnóstico de infección en pacientes en los …

A case of acute hepatitis C caused by interspousal transmission after 30 years of marriage

N Nishimura, N Isoda, T Higashizawa, T Otake… - Clinical journal of …, 2010 - Springer
We describe a case of interspousal transmission of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection after 30
years of marriage which was confirmed by gene analysis. A 60-year-old man was referred to …

結婚50 年後に感染したHCV 夫婦間感染の1 例

矢倉道泰, 田中晃久, 時田元, 上司裕史, 原田英治 - 肝臓, 2005 - jstage.jst.go.jp
抄録 結婚後 50 年経って HCV の夫婦間感染が成立した 1 例を報告した. 妻は 72 歳. 1955
年出産時に輸血. 1989 年に初めて肝機能異常を指摘され, 1992 年より当院へ通院. 1992 年 4 月 …

結婚40 年後の配偶者間性行為感染が疑われたC 型急性肝炎の1 例

相川達也, 小島眞樹, 宮本久仁子, 上野ちさと, 高橋雅春… - 肝臓, 2008 - jstage.jst.go.jp
抄録 67 歳の男性が結婚 40 年後に C 型急性肝炎を発症した. その妻 (68 歳) が C
型慢性肝炎患者であり, C 型肝炎ウイルス (HCV) RNA が高力価陽性 (> 5,000 KIU/ml) であった …