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Hepatitis A: The changing epidemiology of hepatitis A [PDF]
Clinical Liver Disease, 2013 Hepatitis A is a communicable disease of the liver caused by hepatitis A virus (HAV), which is a single-stranded, linear, nonenveloped RNA virus of the Picornaviridae family. The incubation period is 14 to 28 days (up to 50 days). The diagnosis is made with a positive test for immunoglobulin M antibody to hepatitis A virus (anti-HAV), which is ...
Trudy V. Murphy, Noele P. Nelson
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BMC Genomics, 2017 Background Identification of acute or recent hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections is important for detecting outbreaks and devising timely public health interventions for interruption of transmission.
James Lara, Mahder Teka, Yury Khudyakov
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Global, regional, and national burden of hepatitis B, 1990–2019 : a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 [PDF]
, 2022 Funding Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Acknowledgments S Afzal acknowledges institutional support from King Edward Medical University. D Atlaw acknowledges support from Madda Walabu University Goba Referral Hospital.
GBD 2019 Hepatitis B Collaborators
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Harm Reduction Journal, 2023 Background The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for all people at substantial risk of HIV as part of combination prevention.
Graham Shaw +11 more
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Textual analysis of clinical notes on pathology request forms to determine sensitivity and specificity of Hepatitis B and C virus infection status [PDF]
arXiv, 2022 Background: It is not established whether clinical notes provided on pathology request forms are useful as decision support data when assessing Hepatitis B and C viral infection status. Objective: To determine sensitivity, specificity, and predictive value of clinical notes for identifying infection status of Hepatitis B and C.
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The prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection in the United States, 1988 through 1994.
New England Journal of Medicine, 1999 BACKGROUND Because many persons with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection are asymptomatic, population-based serologic studies are needed to estimate the prevalence of the infection and to develop and evaluate prevention efforts.
M. J. Alter +7 more
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JGH Open, 2023 Background and Aim High autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) and overlap syndrome (OS) prevalence have been previously documented among Alaska Native people. The purpose of this project is to report changes in AIH/OS prevalence over time, clinical characteristics,
Janet M. Johnston +7 more
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Risk factors and outcome among a large patient cohort with community-acquired acute hepatitis C in Italy [PDF]
, 2006 BACKGROUND: The epidemiology of acute hepatitis C has changed during the past decade in Western countries. Acute HCV infection has a high rate of chronicity, but it is unclear when patients with acute infection should be treated.
Ancarani, Fausto +14 more
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Hepatic Venography in Hepatic Tumors
The Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine, 1969 In order to establish the diagnosis of hepatic tumors, hepatic venography was performed in 9 cases of primary hepatic tumors and in 17 cases of metastatic hepatic tumors. The deformity of the hepatic veins due to compression by tumors was observed in 42 per cent of the cases.
H. Iida +4 more
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P-117 LOW PREVALENCE OF HEPATITIS B AND C AMONG PEOPLE LIVING IN POVERTY IN NORTHEAST BRAZIL
Annals of Hepatology, 2021 Introduction: Hepatitis B and C infection are responsible for more than 300 million of chronic liver disease patients all over the world. One goal of WHO 2030 agenda is the eradication of hepatitis B and C.
Livia Melo Villar +6 more
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