To examine the postliver transplant recurrence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in patients
with pretransplant infection, as well as its acquisition in patients without prior infection, we …

Objective: To assess the incidence of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)
transmission by antibody (anti-HIV-1)-positive blood components, and to determine the …

Objectives: To establish the prevalence of HIV, syphilis, and sexual risk behaviour among
three groups of men who have sex with men in Jakarta, Indonesia, and to investigate sexual …

While there is evidence that hepatitis C virus (HCV) does not cause fulminant non-A, non-B
hepatitis, the causal agent remains unknown. To evaluate the role of hepatitis B virus (HBV) …

Background: The incidence of transfusion transmission of human T‐lymphotropic virus type I
(HTLV‐I) and HTLV type II (HTLV‐II) has not been compared directly or to that of human …

Background: Selective sentinel lymph node (SLN) dissection can spare about 80% of
patients with primary melanoma from radical lymph node dissection. This procedure …

Background: Up to one in five women meet diagnostic criteria for an anxiety disorder during
the perinatal period (ie pregnancy and up to 1 year postpartum). While psychotropic …

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy for menopausal
symptoms (CBT-Meno) compared with a waitlist condition (no active intervention). A …

Objective: Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is characterized by excessive worry and
somatic symptoms of anxiety (eg, restlessness, muscle tension). Several psychological …

Donor leukocytes in therapeutic blood components are implicated in transfusion-related
complications ranging from alloimmunization to graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) to viral …