canaria/hepatitis

Two atypical serological markers of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection were detected in 19 patients during a 18-month period study. Pattern 1 (10 patients) was consistent with HBV-2 infection. Reactivity of HbsAG was confirmed by neutralization tests; the absence of other markers was also verified,

OBJECTIVE To investigate the prevalence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) genotypes in Spanish hepatitis B carriers, and to study the differences in epidemiological characteristics, e antigen (HBeAg) seroconversion, serum DNA viral levels (VL) and liver function alterations. METHODS This study included 108

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to assess the seroprevalence and the risk factors of hepatitis A virus (HAV) infection in the population from Gran Canaria (Spain) and to determine at which age pre-vaccination testing would be useful. METHODS A transversal observational study of the presence of

Injection drug use (IDU) is one of the most significant risk factors for viral hepatitis (B, D and C) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. However, there is little information about the risk of infection among non-injection drug users (non-IDUs). The present study was designed to

High mortalities in 17 canary flocks from different regions of Tehran, Iran, were reported. Necropsy and histopathologic examination revealed necrotic hepatitis and overall congestive septicaemia in carcasses. Salmonella enterica was isolated from 34 examined samples, two samples from each flock,

Clinical signs, histopathological and ultrastructural findings associated with Atoxoplasma spp. natural infection in captive canaries (Serinus canaria) are described. Intracytoplasmic Atoxoplasma-like protozoa were found in the liver and lung. In the liver, protozoa were found in hepatocytes and