Publications by authors named "Maria V Atanasova"
Introduction: Diagnosis of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection particularly its occult form requires monitoring and repeat serological and molecular studies. The aim of the study was to investigate the possible relation between the case of a family outbreak of hepatitis A and the finding that a member of this family was diagnosed with chronic hepatitis B.
Methodology: A mother and her two sons, one previously diagnosed with chronic HBV infection, were hospitalized due to suspected acute hepatitis.
Background: The introduction of complex antiretroviral therapy has resulted in signifi cant decrease in the mortality rate of HIV positive patients, but it still remains unacceptably high, especially in some groups of patients.
Aim: To investigate the death rate in patients with HIV/AIDS, lethality and mortality in co-infection, and the most common causes and predictors of fatal outcome, focused on early diagnosis and appropriate therapy.
Materials And Methods: The study included 53 deceased patients with HIV/AIDS, monitored at the Clinic of Infectious Diseases in St George University Hospital, Plovdiv between 01.
Article Synopsis
- Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is common among dialysis patients and is usually diagnosed through lab tests due to the unique progression of the disease.
- A study was conducted with 93 dialysis patients to determine the accurate prevalence of HCV by testing for both anti-HCV antibodies and HCV RNA levels over time.
- Results showed a 20.6% prevalence of HCV, with longer dialysis duration linked to higher chances of being viremic, indicating that a dual testing approach could improve diagnosis in this patient group.
Unlabelled: Data on cytomegalovirus infection (CMV) prevalence and course in hospitalized infants are rather scarce, obsolete and considerably inconsistent.
Aim: to determine the prevalence, rate of clinical manifestations, risk factors and predictive capacity of clinical manifestations of CMV infection in hospitalized infants during their first year of life.
Patients And Methods: All 163 infants hospitalized in the Pediatric Ward for Nonrespiratory Pathology in a tertiary hospital were serologically screened for cytomegalovirus infection for 10 months.
Aim: To study the cholestatic forms of viral hepatitis A that are described as unusual and very rare, but that are of great significance because of their severe course and high morbidity rate.
Material And Methods: We describe herein 17 cases of hepatitis A virus (HAV) infection with pronounced cholestasis treated in the Clinic of Infectious Diseases at St. George University Hospital between 2002 and 2006.
Objective: To study the relative share of asymptomatic forms of Hepatitis A in family reservoirs of infection with different hygienic conditions.
Materials And Methods: Asymptomatic forms were identified by detecting anti-HAV IgM using ELISA. Two types of households: with poor hygiene and with good hygiene, were studied.
Introduction: Hepatitis A occurs throughout the world, albeit with different endemicity. The level of endemicity is determined for each country from the annual incidence rate and from the age-specific seroprevalence of anti-HAVt.
Aim: To assess the anti-HAVt seroprevalence in 180 people with no hepatitis A history.