Over the past several years, the development and application of molecular diagnostic
techniques has initiated a revolution in the diagnosis and monitoring of infectious diseases …

Liver disease is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with chronic renal
failure treated by dialysis and transplantation [1—101. Elevated serum alanine …

Many complications after renal transplantation can be prevented if they are detected early.
Guidelines have been developed for the prevention of diseases in the general population …

Background Hepatitis A virus (HAV) infection rarely causes fulminant hepatic failure in
people with no underlying liver disease. There are limited data on the course of this infection …

Background Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infections in patients who lack detectable hepatitis B
surface antigen (HBsAg) are called occult infections. Although such infections have been …

Abstract Background/Aims: Mixed cryoglobulinemia is frequently associated with liver
diseases. The respective role of hepatitis C virus (HCV) and liver damage in the …

We investigated the infection of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMNC) by hepatitis C
virus (HCV) in 5 patients with HCV-related chronic hepatitis. The presence of HCV-RNA …

Decompensated liver disease associated with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is the
most common indication for liver transplantation. It was shown previously that greater …

Background & Aims: Liver transplantation for hepatitis C virus (HCV)-related liver disease is
characterized by frequent graft infection by HCV. The prognosis and risk factors for morbidity …

The antiquity of tuberculosis in the Old World is controversial because the morphology of the
lesion in skeletal remains is non-specific. We report the recovery of a DNA fragment from a 5 …