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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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BMJ, 2007 Hepatitis B virus is a substantial threat to global health, with 360 million people chronically infected and more than 500 000 deaths each year from fulminant hepatitis, cirrhosis, and liver cancer.1 2 After a call by the World Health Organization for the global introduction of vaccine prevention programmes by 1997,3 82% of countries in the world had ...
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Hepatitis B vaccination in the Columbian Amazon : effectiveness and factors influencing vaccine coverage [PDF]
A vaccination coverage survey was carried out in the Colombian Amazon, a former high endemic area for hepatitis B, involving 3573 children less than II years old. It was carried out in Leticia, Puerto Narifio, and Araracuara, both urban and rural areas.
De La Hoz, Fernando
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Immunotherapy for Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection
Gut and Liver, 2018 While new therapies for chronic hepatitis C virus infection have delivered remarkable cure rates, curative therapies for chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection remain a distant goal.
Antonio Bertoletti, Nina Le Bert
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, 2023 Motivations: Hepatitis B is a potentially life-threatening infectious disease caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV). Approximately 390,000 people in China die from HBV-related diseases each year.
Xin Yang +7 more
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Vaccination Strategies Against Hepatic Diseases: A Scoping Review
VaccinesBackground/Objectives: Viral hepatitis remains a significant global cause of chronic liver disease, highlighting the importance of effective vaccination strategies. This review assesses recent evidence on vaccine safety and effectiveness.
Zahra Beyzaei +3 more
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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 +3 more
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Hepatitis B virus infection in the Republic of Yemen [PDF]
A community-based cross-sectional household seroepdemiological survey was conducted in the Republic of Yemen to estimate the prevalence of HBV infection as well as hepatitis B vaccine coverage and effectiveness amongst children vaccinated in the ...
Qirbi, Naseeb
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Physicians Infrequently Adhere to Hepatitis Vaccination Guidelines for Chronic Liver Disease [PDF]
, 2013 Background and Goals:Hepatitis A (HAV) and hepatitis B (HBV) vaccination in patients with chronic liver disease is an accepted standard of care. We determined HAV and HBV vaccination rates in a tertiary care referral hepatology clinic and the impact of ...
Dhiraj Yadav +15 more
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Research progress of therapeutic vaccines for treating chronic hepatitis B
Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2017 Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a member of Hepadnavirus family, which leads to chronic infection in around 5% of patients with a high risk of developing liver cirrhosis, liver failure, and hepatocellular carcinoma.
Jianqiang Li +7 more
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