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Unmet needs in occupational health: prevention and management of viral hepatitis in healthcare workers in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam: a mixed-methods study

BMJ Open, 2021
Objectives Vietnam is an endemic area for hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus infection (HBV-HCV), yet its largest city, Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), has no comprehensive policy to educate, screen, treat and protect healthcare workers (HCWs) from viral ...
Tran Nguyen, Robert Gish, Binh T Nguyen, Amy Trang, Trang Pham, Hong K Tang, Loc Phan, Gary Mize, William M Lee, Anh Le, Hai T Phan, Doan Y Dao   +11 more
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Viral Hepatitis [PDF]

International Journal of Dermatology, 1981
Peer Reviewed ; http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/65791/1/j.1365-4362.1981.tb00836.x ...
Raueman, Jean-Pierre, Krasman, Manus, Nostrant, Timothy T.   +2 more
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Unresolved issue in hepatitis C: The role of liver non-parenchymal cells and semaphorins

Infectious Disease Reports, 2018
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Adriana Vince, Neven Papic
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Low HBV knowledge is associated with low HBV vaccination uptake in general adult population despite incentivization of HBV vaccination

BMC Infectious Diseases
Background Hepatitis B virus (HBV) vaccination in Vietnamese adults remains low and unequally distributed. We conducted a study on HBV-naïve adults living in Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam, to determine barriers associated with HBV vaccination uptake after ...
Thanh Van Kim, Trang Ngoc Doan Pham, Brian Do, Diem Vu Bich Dao, Dan Xuan Nguyen, William Lee, Robert Gish, Gary Mize, Amy Trang, Anh Le, Loc Thi Bich Phan, Thi-Thuy-Dung Ngo, Hai Thanh Phan, Binh Tan Nguyen, Hong Kim Tang, Doan Y Dao   +15 more
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Identification of recent cases of hepatitis C virus infection using physical-chemical properties of hypervariable region 1 and a radial basis function neural network classifier

BMC Genomics, 2017
Background Identification of acute or recent hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections is important for detecting outbreaks and devising timely public health interventions for interruption of transmission.
James Lara, Mahder Teka, Yury Khudyakov
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Depression and Cigarette Smoking Independently Relate to Reduced Health-Related Quality of Life among Canadians Living with Hepatitis C

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology, 2006
BACKGROUND: Many people living with chronic viral hepatitis C (HCV) report reduced health-related quality of life. The relative contribution of behavioural, psychosocial and HCV disease factors to reduction in HCV health-related quality of life is not ...
Louise Balfour, Curtis Cooper, John Kowal, Giorgio A Tasca, Amy Silverman, Marie Kane, Gary Garber   +6 more
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VCP interaction with HMGB1 promotes hepatocellular carcinoma progression by activating the PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway

Journal of Translational Medicine, 2022
Background Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common pathological type of liver cancer. Valosin-containing protein (VCP) is a member of the AAA-ATPase family associated with multiple molecular functions and involved in tumor metastasis and ...
Zhangya Pu, Dan G. Duda, Yuanyuan Zhu, Siya Pei, Xiaofang Wang, Yan Huang, Panpan Yi, Zebing Huang, Fang Peng, Xingwang Hu, Xuegong Fan   +10 more
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Coverage with Timely Administered Vaccination against Hepatitis B Virus and Its Influence on the Prevalence of HBV Infection in the Regions of Different Endemicity

Vaccines, 2021
Universal hepatitis B vaccination of newborns was implemented in Russia starting from 1998. From 1998 to 2019, the incidence of acute hepatitis B reduced from 43.8 to 0.57 cases per 100,000 population.
Karen K. Kyuregyan, Vera S. Kichatova, Olga V. Isaeva, Ilya A. Potemkin, Elena Yu. Malinnikova, Maria A. Lopatukhina, Anastasia A. Karlsen, Fedor A. Asadi Mobarhan, Eugeniy V. Mullin, Olga S. Slukinova, Margarita E. Ignateva, Snezhana S. Sleptsova, Elena E. Oglezneva, Elena V. Shibrik, Maria G. Isaguliants, Mikhail I. Mikhailov   +15 more
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Lifetime medical costs of chronic hepatitis C in the United States

BMC Health Services Research
Background More than 2.4 million people were estimated to have chronic hepatitis C (CHC) in the United States from 2017 to 2020. Direct-acting antiviral (DAA) therapy can cure hepatitis C and limit its complications, including liver cirrhosis and ...
Taiwo O. Abimbola, Hasan Symum, Michelle Van Handel, Eyasu Teshale, William Thompson   +4 more
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The Brazilian comprehensive response to hepatitis C: from strategic thinking to access to interferon-free therapy

BMC Public Health, 2016
Background Hepatitis C affects over 185 million people around the world. This silent disease is responsible for up to 700,000 deaths per year. Despite the scientific revolution in diagnosis and treatment, hepatitis C control remains a huge challenge due ...
Fabio Mesquita, Melina Erica Santos, Adele Benzaken, Renato Girade Corrêa, Elisa Cattapan, Leandro Soares Sereno, Marcelo Contardo Moscoso Naveira   +6 more
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