Publications by authors named "Atefeh Saeedi"

Background: GB Virus C is a blood-borne virus and a member of Flaviviridae, like hepatitis C that is distributed globally and puts hemodialysis patients at high risk of developing liver disease. The clinical significance of GBV-C in this population remains unclear.

Objectives: The current study aimed to evaluate GBV-C infection among hemodialysis patients.

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Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a worldwide problem which does not have an effective vaccine and more than 170 million people worldwide are chronically infected by HCV. T cell responses are associated with spontaneous clearance of HCV infection. We report here the development of recombinant Lambda bacteriophage nanoparticles encoding HCV Core antigen.

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Hepatitis C virus (HCV) chronic infection is a worldwide health problem, and numerous efforts have been invested to develop novel vaccines. An efficient vaccine requires broad immune response induction against viral proteins. To achieve this goal, we constructed a DNA vaccine expressing nonstructural 3 (NS3) gene (pcDNA3.

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