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Health disparities in chronic liver disease

Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022
Abstract The syndemic of hazardous alcohol consumption, opioid use, and obesity has led to important changes in liver disease epidemiology that have exacerbated health disparities. Health disparities occur when plausibly avoidable health differences are experienced by socially disadvantaged populations.
Ani Kardashian, Marina Serper, Norah Terrault, Lauren D. Nephew   +3 more
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Identification of novel neutralizing determinants for protection against HCV

Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022
Identification of novel neutralizing determinants for protection against hepatitis C virus. Abstract Background and Aims HCV evasion of neutralizing antibodies (nAb) results in viral persistence and poses challenges to the development of an urgently needed vaccine.
Garazi P. Alzua, Anne F. Pihl, Anna Offersgaard, Rodrigo Velázquez‐Moctezuma, Carlos R. Duarte Hernandez, Elias H. Augestad, Ulrik Fahnøe, Christian K. Mathiesen, Henrik Krarup, Mansun Law, Jannick Prentoe, Jens Bukh, Judith M. Gottwein   +12 more
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Retrospective Analysis of Viral Hepatitis B Incidence in Russia from 2013 to 2017 in the Context of Preventive Vaccination

Биопрепараты: Профилактика, диагностика, лечение, 2018
The article presents the results of a retrospective analysis of viral hepatitis B incidence in the Russian Federation from 2013 to 2017, taking into account the use of vaccines included into the National Immunisation Schedule and the Immunisation ...
L. M. Khantimirova, T. Yu. Kozlova, E. L. Postnova, V. A. Shevtsov, A. V. Rukavishnikov   +4 more
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Leveraging corona virus disease 2019 vaccination to promote hepatitis C screening

Hepatology Communications, EarlyView., 2022
Abstract Health care initiatives, such as hepatitis C virus (HCV) screening, have been greatly overshadowed by the corona virus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic. However, COVID‐19 vaccination programs also provide an opportunity to engage with a high volume of people in a health care setting.
Aaron Vanderhoff, David Smookler, Mia J. Biondi, Scott Enman, Tintin Fuliang, Sana Mahmood, Agustina Crespi, Maria Marquez, Rafique Van Uum, Lucy You, Brett Wolfson‐Stofko, Renee Logan, Erin LeDrew, Hemant Shah, Harry Janssen, Camelia Capraru, Elisa Venier, Jordan J. Feld   +17 more
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Influences of obesity on the immunogenicity of Hepatitis B vaccine

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2017
Objective: Hepatitis B vaccine is regarded as the most effective method for the prevention of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. However, several factors such as age, body mass index and immunocompetent state have been reported to be associated with ...
Fang Liu, Zhirong Guo, Chen Dong
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Barriers to Timely Administration of Hepatitis B Birth Dose Vaccine to Neonates of Mothers With Hepatitis B in Ghana: Midwives’ Perspectives

SAGE Open Nursing, 2023
Background The global health sector strategy on viral hepatitis aims to reduce new hepatitis B infections by 90% by 2030. Yet, hepatitis B birth dose (HepB-BD) vaccination, which is effective in preventing mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis B ...
Charles Ampong Adjei PhD, MPH, RN, Damasus Suglo MSC, RN, Alfred Yanful Ahenkorah MPhil, RN, Shannon E. MacDonald PhD, RN, Solina Richter PhD, RN   +4 more
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Need for Hepatitis B Vaccination in Medical Students

Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2023
Hepatitis B is a global acute and chronic life-threatening liver infection caused by the hepatitis B virus. During cadaveric dissection, clinical rotations, and autopsy posting, medical students get exposed to patients’ blood and body fluids, which ...
Niranjan Chapagain, Sanskriti Chapagain
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Adherence to hepatitis A and hepatitis B multi-dose vaccination schedules among adults in the United Kingdom: a retrospective cohort study

BMC Public Health, 2019
Background Timely and complete vaccination with multi-dose schedules is of public health importance, because an incomplete vaccination series may yield suboptimal disease protection. However, data on adherence of adults to multi-dose vaccines are limited.
Kelly D. Johnson, Xiaoyan Lu, Dongmu Zhang   +2 more
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Investigation the longevity of hepatitis B surface antibody in vaccinated students of Hormozgan university of medical sciences

Iranian Journal of Microbiology, 2023
Background and Objectives: Hepatitis B is a common chronic viral infection in humans. Universal use of hepatitis B vaccine is crucial for controlling the infection, but the duration of vaccine-induced immunity remains uncertain.
Majid Najafi-Asl, Soghra Abdi, Mehdi Hassani Azad, Marzieh Norouzian   +3 more
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Hepatitis B vaccine

Journal of Pediatric Health Care, 1999
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a health problem that affects numerous infants and children in the United States. Approximately 4000 to 6000 new infections occur each year in children and adolescents; most often they become infected without obvious clinical manifestations. Some persons become chronically infected, and this asymptomatic chronically
Mary Jane Ott, Mary Aruda
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