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Hepatitis A seroprevalence in Erzurum, Turkey

open access: yesAnnals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine, 2020
Introduction and objective Hepatitis A Virus (HAV), reportedly the most common cause of acute viral hepatitis in developing countries, infects millions of people worldwide each year.
Ahmet Yilmaz
doaj   +1 more source

Risk factors and outcome among a large patient cohort with community-acquired acute hepatitis C in Italy [PDF]

open access: yes, 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
core   +2 more sources

Epidemiology of viral hepatitis and hepatocellular carcinoma.

open access: yesGastroenterology, 2012
Most cases of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) are associated with cirrhosis related to chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) or hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection.
H. El‐Serag
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A genetic validation study reveals a role of vitamin D metabolism in the response to interferon-alfa-based therapy of chronic hepatitis C [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Background: To perform a comprehensive study on the relationship between vitamin D metabolism and the response to interferon-α-based therapy of chronic hepatitis C.
Badenhoop, Klaus   +20 more
core   +4 more sources

Asian-Pacific clinical practice guidelines on the management of hepatitis B: a 2015 update

open access: yesHepatology International, 2015
Worldwide, some 240 million people have chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV), with the highest rates of infection in Africa and Asia. Our understanding of the natural history of HBV infection and the potential for therapy of the resultant disease is ...
S. Sarin   +32 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

CDC Recommendations for Hepatitis C Screening Among Adults — United States, 2020

open access: yesMMWR Recommendations and Reports, 2020
Summary Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a major source of morbidity and mortality in the United States. HCV is transmitted primarily through parenteral exposures to infectious blood or body fluids that contain blood, most commonly through injection ...
R. Redfield   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Massive hepatitis A outbreak in Sri Lanka in 2009: an indication of increasing susceptibility and epidemiological shift?

open access: yesSri Lankan Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2013
Sri Lanka experienced an unprecedented outbreak of hepatitis A in 2009. We extracted data from different sources to get a proper estimate of actual disease incidence during that period.
NJ Dahanayaka, T Kiyohara, SB Agampodi
doaj   +1 more source

A Case Series of Children with Acute Hepatitis and Human Adenovirus Infection.

open access: yesNew England Journal of Medicine, 2022
BACKGROUND Human adenoviruses typically cause self-limited respiratory, gastrointestinal, and conjunctival infections in healthy children. In late 2021 and early 2022, several previously healthy children were identified with acute hepatitis and human ...
L. H. Gutierrez Sanchez   +29 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Role of real-time polymerase chain reaction in diagnosing Hepatitis E, the commonest cause of acute hepatitis in adult patients seeking institutional care

open access: yesIndian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology, 2023
Background: This cross-sectional study was performed with the aim of determining the prevalence of hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection among acute hepatitis patients attending a tertiary care teaching hospital in a developing country and to determine the ...
Divya Namdeo   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Hepatitis B Virus: Advances in Prevention, Diagnosis, and Therapy

open access: yesClinical Microbiology Reviews, 2020
Currently, despite the use of a preventive vaccine for several decades as well as the use of effective and well-tolerated viral suppressive medications since 1998, approximately 250 million people remain infected with the virus that causes hepatitis B ...
M. Nguyen   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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