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New England Journal of Medicine, 1998 BACKGROUND Only 15 to 20 percent of patients with chronic hepatitis C have a sustained virologic response to interferon therapy. We compared the efficacy and safety of recombinant interferon alfa-2b alone with those of a combination of interferon alfa-2b
J. Mchutchison +9 more
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CDC Recommendations for Hepatitis C Screening Among Adults — United States, 2020
MMWR 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
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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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Hepatology, 1981 A Histology Activity Index has been developed which generates a numerical score for liver biopsy specimens obtained from patients with asymptomatic chronic active hepatitis.
R. Knodell +7 more
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Clinical Spectrum of Children with Acute Hepatitis of Unknown Cause.
New England Journal of Medicine, 2022 BACKGROUND Since January 2022, there has been an increase in reports of cases of acute hepatitis of unknown cause in children. Although cases have been reported across multiple continents, most have been reported in the United Kingdom. Investigations are
C. Kelgeri +13 more
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Epidemiology of viral hepatitis and hepatocellular carcinoma.
Gastroenterology, 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
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A Case Series of Children with Acute Hepatitis and Human Adenovirus Infection.
New 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
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Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2019 Hepatitis A is a vaccine-preventable infection caused by the HA virus (HAV) with transitional to intermediate endemicity in China. An inactivated vaccine first licensed in China in 2010 (Avaxim® 80U Pediatric) is indicated for primary and booster ...
Nianmin Shi, Anvar Rasuli, Yaël Thollot
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Viral Hepatitis in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease
The Korean Journal of Gastroenterology, 2022 There has been a rise in the incidence of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in developing countries, including South Korea. Consequently, the use of immunosuppressive agents such as immunomodulators or biologics has also increased.
Seung Hwan Shin, Sang Hyoung Park
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Scarlatiniform eruption-a rare extrahepatic manifestation of acute hepatitis A infection
PAMJ Clinical Medicine, 2020 A 12-year-old girl presented with a one-week history of fever associated with jaundice, vomiting and skin rash on the fifth day of illness. She denied any abdominal pain, diarrhoea, history of recent shell-fish or traditional medication ingestion.
Chee Yik Chang
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