| dc.contributor.author | Tandon, BN | |
| dc.contributor.author | Irshad, M | |
| dc.contributor.author | Acharya, KS | |
| dc.contributor.author | Joshi, YK | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-07-05T06:30:10Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-07-05T06:30:10Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1991 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | KIRTDA, DRACHARYAS. 1991. Tandon BN, Irshad M, Acharya SK, Joshi YK.Hepatitis C virus infection is the major cause of severe liver disease in India.Gastroenterol Jpn. 1991 Jul;26 Suppl 3:192-5. | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://profiles.uonbi.ac.ke/sacharya/publications/tandon-bn-irshad-m-acharya-sk-joshi-ykhepatitis-c-virus-infection-major-cause- | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/45564 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The present study describes the status of hepatitis C virus infection in 167 patients with severe forms of liver diseases in India. The anti-HCV positivity rate was recorded as 43%, 47%, and 42% in patients with FHF, SAHF, and CAH respectively. HBV and HCV coinfection was recorded in 28% of FHF, 43% of SAHF and 75% of the CAH cases. Superinfection of HCV in HBsAg carriers was recorded in the 54% cases of FHF, 60% of SAHF and 42% of the CAH. None of these 167 patients was positive of HAV-IgM. Further, 27.7% of FHF, 26.4% of SAHF and 15.2% of CAH cases were neither HBV nor HCV markers positive. These can be labelled as non-A, non-B and non-C infections. | en |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.title | Hepatitis C virus infection is the major cause of severe liver disease in India | en |
| dc.type | Article | en |
| local.publisher | Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi | en |
