Epoetin alfa treatment for acute anaemia during interferon plus ribavirin combination therapy for chronic hepatitis C.

abstract：:Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common complication of HCV infection leading to liver transplantation. We evaluated the impact of aetiology of liver disease on patient and graft survival following liver transplantation for HCC. From the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (2002-2011), all adults wh...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Younossi ZM,Stepanova M,Saab S,Ahmed A,Lam B,Srishord M,Venkatesan C,Wai H,Henry L

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human La (hLa) protein functions in RNA metabolism and is activated by casein kinase 2 (CK2) phosphorylation. Hepatitis B virus (HBV) can exploit hLa to stabilize its RNA and promote its pathogenesis. To enhance our knowledge of host molecular pathways involved in HBV pathogenesis, a bioinformatic approach was use...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Tang J,Zhang ZH,Liu GL

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) and the presence of human pegivirus 2 (HPgV-2) have not been examined in Cameroon, although HCV has been associated with HPgV-2 infections previously. Herein we aimed to characterize the burden and genetic diversity of HCV and the presence of HPgV-2 in Cameroon. Retros...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Rodgers MA,Holzmayer V,Vallari A,Olivo A,Forberg K,Fuhrman J,Coller KE,Awazi B,Kenmegne Sidje JB,Frankel MB,Berg MG,Mbanya D,Ndembi N,Cloherty GA

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Long-term safety of treatment with hepatitis B virus (HBV) polymerase inhibitors is a concern. Adefovir dipivoxil (ADV) therapy has previously been associated with impairment of renal function. Limited data are available on the safety of combination therapy with nucleos(t)ide analogues and interferon alfa (IFNα). The ...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Mederacke I,Yurdaydin C,Großhennig A,Erhardt A,Cakaloglu Y,Yalcin K,Gurel S,Zeuzem S,Zachou K,Chatzikyrkou C,Bozkaya H,Dalekos GN,Manns MP,Wedemeyer H,Hep-Net\/International Delta Hepatitis Study Group.

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Virus-like particles encapsulating HBV-RNA represent a serum biomarker for assessing viral replication activity in clinical practice. However, baseline levels of serum HBV-RNA and their associations with viral replicative intermediates and liver disease in phases of chronic hepatitis B remain unknown. In this cross-se...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Wang J,Yu Y,Li G,Shen C,Li J,Chen S,Zhang X,Zhu M,Zheng J,Song Z,Wu J,Shao L,Meng Z,Wang X,Huang Y,Zhang J,Qiu C,Zhang W

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Assessment and treatment for hepatitis C virus (HCV) in the community remains low. We evaluated factors associated with HCV specialist assessment and treatment in a cross-sectional study to evaluate treatment considerations in a sample of 634 participants with self-reported HCV infection in New South Wales, Australia....

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Grebely J,Bryant J,Hull P,Hopwood M,Lavis Y,Dore GJ,Treloar C

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To test the concept that off-therapy hepatitis flares with increasing qHBsAg require immediate re-treatment whereas re-treatment can be held or not necessary for those with decreasing qHBsAg, pre-retreatment combined HBsAg/ALT kinetics were classified in 22 patients with severe hepatitis flare (ALT > 30X ULN) and chec...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Chien RN,Liaw YF

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Haemophilic patients have a high prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection because of the use of unsterilized clotting factor concentrates. Six major genotypes of HCV have been distinguished so far, with epidemiological evidence suggesting that genotypes 1-3 are common in the indigenous UK and US populations. Th...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Devereux H,Telfer P,Brown D,Morris A,Dusheiko G,Emery V,Lee C

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The treatment of hepatitis C is expensive, difficult and arduous from the patient's perspective. It is similarly difficult for the clinician to decide who and when to treat. If hepatitis C is viewed from the liver's perspective we need only treat those patients who will develop the complications of chronic liver disea...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Dillon JF

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic non-A, non-B hepatitis (NANBH) is a common and often progressive liver disease. Based on current serological tests, hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is responsible for most cases. Interferon-alpha (IFN) treatment at a dose of 3 x 10(6) units given three times per week for 24 weeks has been shown to be effecti...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Davis GL,Lindsay K,Albrecht J,Bodenheimer HC Jr,Balart LA,Perrillo RP,Dienstag JL,Tamburro C,Schiff ER,Carey W

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with chronic hepatitis B (HBsAg-positive) are at risk of viral reactivation if rituximab is administered without antiviral treatment, a potentially fatal complication of treatment. Patients with so-called 'resolved hepatitis B virus infection' (HBsAg-negative/cAb-positive) may also be at risk. We performed a ...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Mozessohn L,Chan KK,Feld JJ,Hicks LK

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pegylated interferon-α (PEG-IFN-α) plus ribavirin (RBV) treatment fails to achieve a sustained virological response (SVR) in approximately 20-50% of patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. We assessed the contribution of an anti-IFN-α neutralizing antibody (NAb) on the nonresponse to treatment. NAbs w...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Matsuda F,Torii Y,Enomoto H,Kuga C,Aizawa N,Iwata Y,Saito M,Imanishi H,Shimomura S,Nakamura H,Tanaka H,Iijima H,Tsutsui H,Tanaka Y,Nishiguchi S

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The short-term prognosis of patients with severe acute exacerbation of chronic hepatitis B (CHB) leading to acute liver failure is extremely poor. We have reported the efficacy of corticosteroid in combination with nucleoside analogue in the early stages, but virological efficacy has not been documented. Our aim was t...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Yasui S,Fujiwara K,Nakamura M,Miyamura T,Yonemitsu Y,Mikata R,Arai M,Kanda T,Imazeki F,Oda S,Yokosuka O

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the pharmacokinetic profile of daclatasvir (DCV) and asunaprevir (ASV) dual therapy in haemodialysis patients infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV). Eighteen haemodialysis patients and 54 patients with normal renal function were treated with DCV and ASV dual therapy for 24 weeks. ...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Kawakami Y,Imamura M,Ikeda H,Suzuki M,Arataki K,Moriishi M,Mori N,Kokoroishi K,Katamura Y,Ezaki T,Ueno T,Ide K,Masaki T,Ohdan H,Chayama K

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Liver damage may result from multiple factors in HIV-infected patients. The availability of reliable noninvasive tools to measure liver fibrosis has permitted the screening of large patient populations. Cross-sectional study of all consecutive HIV outpatients who underwent examination by transient elastometry (FibroSc...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Blanco F,Barreiro P,Ryan P,Vispo E,Martín-Carbonero L,Tuma P,Labarga P,Medrano J,González-Lahoz J,Soriano V

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of ribavirin (RBV) in the era of direct-acting antivirals (DAA) is not clear, and DAA studies have been largely genotype- and regimen-specific. Using data from the Chronic Hepatitis Cohort Study, we evaluated the role of RBV and increased DAA treatment duration among patients with chronic hepatitis C (HCV) in...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Lu M,Wu KH,Li J,Moorman AC,Spradling PR,Teshale EH,Boscarino JA,Daida YG,Schmidt MA,Rupp LB,Zhang T,Trudeau S,Gordon SC

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic hepatitis B infection is an important cause of liver-related mortality in China. This study assessed the efficacy and safety of entecavir in a heterogeneous patient population from a ‘real-world’ clinical practice setting in China. This prospective, observational cohort provides 48-week data on 2600 patients f...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Hou JL,Jia JD,Wei L,Zhao W,Wang YM,Cheng M,Tang X,Tan DM,Ren H,Tang H,Cohen D,Llamoso C

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously, we have determined that human annexin V (hAV), a Ca2+-dependent phospholipid-binding protein, and not rat AV, binds specifically to small hepatitis B surface antigen (SHBsAg), and that transfection of a rat hepatoma cell line with a construct containing the hAV gene led to hAV expression and conferred susc...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： De Meyer S,Gong ZJ,Hertogs K,Depla E,van Pelt JF,Roskams T,Maertens G,Yap SH

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Due to the severe shortage of the donor pool in China, a large number of patients are waiting for a suitable liver, or even worse lose the opportunity of transplantation. Reasonable use of hepatitis B surface antigen-positive (HBsAg-positive) donors is one possible strategy to increase the donor pool but the long-term...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Wei L,Chen D,Zhang B,Zhao Y,Liu B,Shi H,Zeng F,Ming C,Jiang J,Du D,Chen Z

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is a major cause of acute hepatitis in many developing countries. Based on data from nonendemic regions, an animal reservoir of HEV has been proposed; however, data from HEV-endemic regions are limited. We tested sera from 200 pigs, 98 chickens, 86 goats, 58 sheep and 30 buffaloes for anti-HEV ...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Shukla P,Chauhan UK,Naik S,Anderson D,Aggarwal R

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from chronic hepatitis C virus-infected persons can harbour viral variants that are not detected in plasma samples. We explored the presence and persistence of HCV genotypes in plasma and PBMC cultures from 25 HCV-monoinfected and 25 HIV/HCV-coinfected patients with haemophili...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Parodi C,García G,Monzani MC,Culasso A,Aloisi N,Corti M,Campos R,de E de Bracco MM,Baré P

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of monotherapy with interferon (IFN) (conventional or pegylated IFN) in dialysis patients with chronic hepatitis C remains unclear, although a number of clinical trials have been published addressing this issue. The aim of the study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of monotherapy by conventional or...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Fabrizi F,Dixit V,Messa P,Martin P

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A randomized trial was conducted to assess the efficacy of interferon-alpha (IFN) daily in combination with ribavirin in 301 naïve patients with chronic hepatitis C (CHC). Patients were randomized to receive ribavirin 1.2 g daily (QD) for 48 weeks with either IFN 5 MU (thrice weekly) TIW for 8 weeks followed by IFN 3 ...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Tassopoulos NC,Ketikoglou I,Tsantoulas D,Raptopoulou M,Hatzis G,Vafiadis I,Sidiropoulos L,Kanatakis S,Anagnostopoulos G,Sypsa V,Hatzakis A,Hellenic Viral Hepatitis Research Network.

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Even with pegylated (PEG) interferons (IFN), therapy of chronic hepatitis C (genotype 1) remains unsatisfactory. The initial viral response to IFN identifies patients infected with IFN resistant viruses not responding to standard IFN/ribavirin therapy. The impact of primary IFN unresponsiveness for PEG-IFN-alpha-2a/ri...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Jessner W,Stauber R,Hackl F,Datz C,Watkins-Riedel T,Hofer H,Gangl A,Kessler H,Ferenci P

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the epidemiology of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection among women of reproductive age residing in areas of China that are highly endemic for chronic HBV, and provide evidence useful for decision-makers to guide strategies for preventing mother-to-child transmission of HBV, and assess the impact of perinata...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Zheng H,Cui FQ,Wang FZ,Huang LF,Shao XP,Du JF,Li J,Zhou Y,Zheng HZ,Zhuo JT,Zeng XX,Zhang GM,Miao N,Sun XJ,Liang XF,Luo HM

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The association between HBV infection and incident thrombocytopenia among subjects without cirrhosis or splenomegaly is unknown. Therefore, we sought to elucidate the association between HBV infection and the development of thrombocytopenia in a large cohort of apparently healthy men and women. A cohort study was perf...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Joo EJ,Chang Y,Yeom JS,Lee YG,Ryu S

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The age-specific prevalence of antibody to hepatitis A virus (anti-HAV) was determined in 949 Chinese people residing in South Africa in 1983-1985. This small community is comprised of original settlers from the mainland China province of Guandong, where hepatitis A virus infection is endemic, and their South African-...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Song E,Kew MC

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Improved understanding of natural history of hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA levels in chronic infection provides enhanced insights into immunopathogenesis of HCV and has implications for the clinical management of chronic HCV infection. This study assessed factors associated with HCV RNA levels during early chronic infec...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Hajarizadeh B,Grady B,Page K,Kim AY,McGovern BH,Cox AL,Rice TM,Sacks-Davis R,Bruneau J,Morris M,Amin J,Schinkel J,Applegate T,Maher L,Hellard M,Lloyd AR,Prins M,Geskus RB,Dore GJ,Grebely J,InC3 Study Group.

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:New therapies for HCV are rapidly emerging and providers are advising select patients to defer treatment and elect 'watchful waiting'. During the watchful waiting period, patients have been shown to have high rates of illness uncertainty and depression. We sought to answer the question of whether re...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Colagreco JP,Bailey DE,Fitzpatrick JJ,Musil CM,Afdhal NH,Lai M

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many Indigenous Australians in northern Australia living with chronic hepatitis B are unaware of their diagnosis due to low screening rates. A venous blood point of care test (POCT) or oral fluid laboratory test could improve testing uptake in this region. The purpose of this study was to assess the field performance ...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Sullivan RP,Davies J,Binks P,Dhurrkay RG,Gurruwiwi GG,Bukulatjpi SM,McKinnon M,Hosking K,Littlejohn M,Jackson K,Locarnini S,Davis JS,Tong SYC

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00