Seroprevalence and risk factors for hepatitis C virus infection in pregnancy

This study aims to determine the prevalence of anti-HCV antibodies among pregnant women admitted to Antenatal Care Unit, Mansoura University Hospital, Egypt and to identify the risk factors for the disease among those women and their husbands. Screening of pregnant women for anti-HCV antibodies by ELISA second generation, HBsAg and anti-HIV antibodies Risk factors for HCV infection among those women and their husbands were recorded. This study indicates that the prevalence of anti-HCV antibodies among 767 pregnant women was 13.69%, HBsAg 2.35% and no cases of anti-HIV antibodies were encountered. The most important risk factors for HCV infection were surgical operations [60.95%], bilharziasis [27.62%] and blood transfusion [22.86%]. Husbands risk factors included travelling abroad [37.14%] and surgical operations [12.38%]. No risk factors were identified in 16.19% of women and 55.24% of their husbands. The prevalence of anti HCV antibodies [13,69%] is higher among pregnant women presenting to Mansoura university Hospital than those reported by other Studies. Schistosomiasis and husband travelling abroad were two important risk factors for HCV infection

Effect of diabetes mellitus on topographic changes in structure supporting maxillary complete denture

Several studies have been carried out on the histologic and mophologic changes in the structure supporting complete dentures. Nothing was reported in the literature about the effects of Diabetes Mellitus on the morphology of the structures supporting complete dentures. The aim of this work was to study the topographic changes in the denture bearing area in non-diabetic and diabetic patients. The results showed that complete dentures caused reduction in the heights of the ridges in diabetic and non-diabetic patients. However, than reduction in heights of the ridges in diabetic group was greater thar. that in the non-diabetic group. More reduction in the heights of the ridges took place in the premolar and first molar rather than in the second molar regions