ABSTRACT
A matter of interest is still knowing the disease in carriers of HVC among relatives. We studied 270 relatives of carriers of HVC. In only 3 cases the serology was (+). We did not found differences between our results and what was published. This could mean that the differences were not due only too transfusional transmission and could exist others possibilities.
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Humans , Male , Female , Antibodies, Bacterial/blood , Hepacivirus/immunology , Hepatitis C/transmission , Argentina/epidemiology , Blood Donors , Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay , Hepatitis C/blood , Hepatitis C/epidemiologyABSTRACT
Twenty-four patients with presumptive diagnosis of HVE with a mean age of 37.7 years are presented. A qualitative antiHVE by ELISA was performed in all of them, and repeated at monthly intervals during a 6 month period, and 18 gave a positive result for acute HVE. The majority were detected 60 days after the initiation of their signosintomatology. Clinical characterization are outlined.
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Humans , Male , Female , Adult , Hepatitis Antibodies/analysis , Hepatitis Viruses/chemistry , Hepatitis, Viral, Human/immunology , Immunoglobulin G/analysis , Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay , Follow-Up Studies , Hepatitis Viruses/immunology , Hepatitis, Viral, Human/epidemiology , Hepatitis, Viral, Human/virologyABSTRACT
Se analiza la incidencia de marcadores de hepatitis A y B en 600 personas de distintas característicias: 276 agentes sanitarios, 56 presidiarios, 36 hemodializados, 32 prostitutas y 200 parturientas. Se determina que mas del 90% de las poblaciones estudiadas tuvieron contacto con el VHA. Con respecto al VHB la incidencia en los distintos grupos (medida en positividad del anti-HBc) es variable de acuerdo al riesgo: Sanitarios 19,20%, Presidiarios 12.50%, Hemodializados 86.11% Prostitutas 53.12% y Parturientes 2%