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Hepatitis B and C Seroprevalence in Leprosy Patients

Türkkan Öztürk Kaygusuz, Müge Özgüler, Leyla Saltık Güngör, Çiğdem Papila.

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Objective: Leprosy is a contagious chronic granulomatous disease and commonly affects the eyes and the internal organs. Leprosy can be classified according to the level of immune response. Leprosy is a disease that is associated with defects in cellular immunity. This is why we have investigated the leprosy patients that were referred to our hospital for chronic hepatitis B and C co-infections.<br>Methods: Fifty patients who were treated in the leprosy unit of Elazığ Research and Training hospital between the dates of June-December 2011 were enrolled to this descriptive study. Macro ELISA assay was performed for Hepatitis B,C and HIV.<br>Results: Fifty patients who were treated in the leprosy unit of our hospital participated in the study. A total of 8% HBsAg presence was noted. A total of 16 Anti HCV presence was noted in the patient group. Anti HCV positivity was deter¬mined at seven of 14 patients with tuberculoid form leprosy (50%) and nine of 33 lepromatous leprosy form (27,2%).<br>Conclusion: In conclusion, leprosy patients, especially lepromatous leprosy group, are immunologically vulnerable to HBV and HCV co-infections. Thus, physicians should be aware of HBV coinfections in these patients and education should be given to patients to increase their knowledge regarding risky situations for transmission of the disease. J Microbiol Infect Dis 2015;5(3): 114-118<br>Müge Özgüler, Elazıg Education and Research Hospital, Department of Infectious Diseases, 23100 Elazıg, Turkey , Hepatitis B and C Seroprevalence in Leprosy Pat, Müge Özgüler, Elazıg Education and Research Hospital, Department of Infectious Diseases, 23100 Elazıg, Turkey J Microbiol Infect Dis 2015;5(3): 114-118 doi: 10.5799/ahinjs.02.2015.03.0188


 
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Turkkan Ozturk Kaygusuz, Muge Ozguler, Leyla Saltık Gungor, Ciğdem Papila. Hepatitis B and C Seroprevalence in Leprosy Patients. J Microbiol Infect Dis. 2015; 5(3): 114-118 . doi:10.5799/jmid2015.03.0188


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Turkkan Ozturk Kaygusuz, Muge Ozguler, Leyla Saltık Gungor, Ciğdem Papila. Hepatitis B and C Seroprevalence in Leprosy Patients. https://www.jmidonline.org/?mno=302657178 [Access: February 04, 2024]. doi:10.5799/jmid2015.03.0188


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Turkkan Ozturk Kaygusuz, Muge Ozguler, Leyla Saltık Gungor, Ciğdem Papila. Hepatitis B and C Seroprevalence in Leprosy Patients. J Microbiol Infect Dis. 2015; 5(3): 114-118 . doi:10.5799/jmid2015.03.0188



Vancouver/ICMJE Style

Turkkan Ozturk Kaygusuz, Muge Ozguler, Leyla Saltık Gungor, Ciğdem Papila. Hepatitis B and C Seroprevalence in Leprosy Patients. J Microbiol Infect Dis. (2015), [cited February 04, 2024]; 5(3): 114-118 . doi:10.5799/jmid2015.03.0188



Harvard Style

Turkkan Ozturk Kaygusuz, Muge Ozguler, Leyla Saltık Gungor, Ciğdem Papila (2015) Hepatitis B and C Seroprevalence in Leprosy Patients. J Microbiol Infect Dis, 5 (3), 114-118 . doi:10.5799/jmid2015.03.0188



Turabian Style

Turkkan Ozturk Kaygusuz, Muge Ozguler, Leyla Saltık Gungor, Ciğdem Papila. 2015. Hepatitis B and C Seroprevalence in Leprosy Patients. Journal of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 5 (3), 114-118 . doi:10.5799/jmid2015.03.0188



Chicago Style

Turkkan Ozturk Kaygusuz, Muge Ozguler, Leyla Saltık Gungor, Ciğdem Papila. "Hepatitis B and C Seroprevalence in Leprosy Patients." Journal of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 5 (2015), 114-118 . doi:10.5799/jmid2015.03.0188



MLA (The Modern Language Association) Style

Turkkan Ozturk Kaygusuz, Muge Ozguler, Leyla Saltık Gungor, Ciğdem Papila. "Hepatitis B and C Seroprevalence in Leprosy Patients." Journal of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 5.3 (2015), 114-118 . Print. doi:10.5799/jmid2015.03.0188



APA (American Psychological Association) Style

Turkkan Ozturk Kaygusuz, Muge Ozguler, Leyla Saltık Gungor, Ciğdem Papila (2015) Hepatitis B and C Seroprevalence in Leprosy Patients. Journal of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 5 (3), 114-118 . doi:10.5799/jmid2015.03.0188