‘It’s been a long haul, a big haul, but we’ve made it’: hepatitis C virus treatment in post-transplant patients with virus recurrence: An interpretative phenomenological analysis [PDF]
Health Psychology Open, 2018 The lived experience of both interferon-based and new interferon-free treatments in patients with hepatitis C virus remains understudied. To explore their journey through hepatitis C virus treatment, we interviewed seven post-transplant patients with ...
Anna Krzeczkowska +4 more
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Human immunodeficiency virus and hepatitis C virus/hepatitis B virus co-infection in Southern Brazil: clinical and epidemiological evaluation [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2014 Hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus and human immunodeficiency virus share a similar transmission pathway and are often diagnosed in the same patient. These patients tend to have a faster progression of hepatic fibrosis.
Sonia Mara Raboni +9 more
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Women's Health, 2021 Background: There are no national data on hepatitis C virus awareness and burden among pregnant women to justify its routine screening. Objectives: To investigate awareness, seroprevalence and risk factors for hepatitis C virus infection among pregnant ...
George Uchenna Eleje +42 more
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Archives of Medical Science, 2020 Introduction Infections such as viral hepatitis and syphilis that share similar transmission routes with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) may adversely affect the course of the disease.
Heval Can Bilek +2 more
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Hepatitis C Virus and Hepatitis B Virus Co-Infection
Viruses, 2020 Hepatitis C virus (HCV) and hepatitis B virus (HBV) co-infection can be encountered in either virus endemic countries. Co-infection can also be found in populations at risk of parenteral transmission.
Yi-Fen Shih, Chun-Jen Liu
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Rad51 Interacts with Non-structural 3 Protein of Hepatitis C Virus and Regulates Viral Production
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2017 Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a leading cause of chronic liver disease affecting over 170 million people worldwide. Chronic infection with HCV progresses to liver fibrosis, cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma.
Kidong Son +13 more
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Experiences of diagnosis, stigma, culpability, and disclosure in male patients with hepatitis C virus: an interpretative phenomenological analysis [PDF]
, 2019 The current study aimed to explore the lived experience of patients with hepatitis C virus infection. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with seven male participants living with hepatitis C virus and were analysed using interpretative ...
Adele Dickson +11 more
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Abl Tyrosine Kinase Regulates Hepatitis C Virus Entry
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2017 Abl is a central regulator of multiple cellular processes controlling actin dynamics, proliferation, and differentiation. Here, we showed that knockdown of Abl impaired hepatitis C virus (HCV) propagation.
Saehong Min +11 more
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SAGE Open Medicine, 2023 Objective: Viral hepatitis, particularly hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus, is the leading cause of global liver-related morbidity and mortality.
Alemu Gedefie +5 more
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Telaprevir for previously untreated chronic hepatitis C virus infection.
New England Journal of Medicine, 2011 BACKGROUND In phase 2 trials, telaprevir, a hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 1 protease inhibitor, in combination with peginterferon-ribavirin, as compared with peginterferon-ribavirin alone, has shown improved efficacy, with potential for shortening the
I. Jacobson +23 more
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