Trends of hepatitis A hospitalizations and costs associated with the hospitalization in Spain (2000-2005).

abstract：:The aim of this study was to further investigate the prevalence of infection and genotype of hepatitis E virus (HEV) among different species of animals, people whose works are related to pigs and the general population in the suburb of Beijing, China. Serum and faecal samples were collected from 10 animal species and ...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Geng J,Wang L,Wang X,Fu H,Bu Q,Liu P,Zhu Y,Wang M,Sui Y,Zhuang H

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis C is a complex disease and a significant public health problem. The long-term outcome of HCV infection is difficult to predict, as the virus may be eliminated or may persist to establish a chronic infection. Further investigation is required to clarify factors that determine or influence the outcome of infec...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： McKiernan S,Kelleher D

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Triple therapy using boceprevir or telaprevir remains the reference treatment for genotype 1 chronic hepatitis C in countries where new interferon-free regimens have not yet become available. Antiviral treatment is highly required in cirrhotic patients, but they represent a difficult-to-treat population. We aimed to d...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Boursier J,Ducancelle A,Vergniol J,Veillon P,Moal V,Dufour C,Bronowicki JP,Larrey D,Hézode C,Zoulim F,Fontaine H,Canva V,Poynard T,Allam S,De Lédinghen V,ANRS CO20 CUPIC Study Group.

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CH-C negatively affects work productivity (WP), creating a large economic burden. The aim of this study was to model the impact of sustained virologic response (SVR) on WP in CHC genotype 1 (GT1) patients in five European countries (EU5). Work Productivity and Activity Index-Specific Health Problem questionnaire was a...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Younossi Z,Brown A,Buti M,Fagiuoli S,Mauss S,Rosenberg W,Serfaty L,Srivastava A,Smith N,Stepanova M,Beckerman R

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A recombinant protein corresponding to part of the amino-terminal domain of hepatitis B virus (HBV) polymerase was expressed in Escherichia coli. Antisera raised against this protein stained hepatocytes, from human liver biopsies, predominantly in the nucleus but some cytoplasmic staining was also observed. No stainin...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： McGarvey MJ,Goldin RD,Karayiannis P,Thomas HC

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Italy, HDV infection endemicity has greatly decreased overtime. Migratory flow may change this scenario as migrants often come from high HDV endemicity areas. Here, we studied characteristics of HDV infection in Italy, particularly addressed to the birth area of subjects. Chronic HBsAg carriers consecutively referr...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Stroffolini T,Ciancio A,Furlan C,Vinci M,Fontana R,Russello M,Colloredo G,Morisco F,Coppola N,Babudieri S,Ferrigno L,Sagnelli C,Sagnelli E

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Summary.  Directly acting antiviral (DAA) agents are currently revolutionizing the treatment of chronic hepatitis C infection. The first generation of these agents have significant limitations including cost issues that are of particular concern in the developing world and a lack of efficacy in genotype 3 patients. Bo...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Ahmed F

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this work was to estimate the future disease burden of hepatitis C virus (HCV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections in the United States until the year 2030. Two back-calculation models of the HIV and the HCV epidemic were developed. They were based on US epidemiological data regarding prevalen...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Deuffic-Burban S,Poynard T,Sulkowski MS,Wong JB

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The impact of direct-acting antiviral (DAA) therapies on fibrosis regression remains uncertain. In the current study, we prospectively evaluated dynamics of liver stiffness by transient elastography (TE) in patients with chronic HCV infection receiving DAA-based treatment. Patients (260) were enrolled in the German He...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Knop V,Mauss S,Goeser T,Geier A,Zimmermann T,Herzer K,Postel N,Friedrich-Rust M,Hofmann WP,German Hepatitis C-Registry.

更新日期：2020-07-01 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：:The study aimed to assess whether caesarean section and nonbreastfeeding can prevent mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) in HBsAg- and HBeAg-positive mothers via a cohort study and a meta-analysis. (1) Pregnant women who were positive for HBsAg and HBeAg and did not receive antiviral treatment during pregnancy were re...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Pan YC,Jia ZF,Wang YQ,Yang N,Liu JX,Zhai XJ,Song Y,Wang C,Li J,Jiang J

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Egypt is the country with the largest hepatitis C virus (HCV) epidemic in the world. In 2008, a Demographic Health Survey (DHS) was carried out in Egypt, providing for the first time a unique opportunity for HCV antibody testing on a nationwide representative sample of individuals. Consenting individuals answered a qu...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Guerra J,Garenne M,Mohamed MK,Fontanet A

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extremely low levels of serum hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA can be detected by COBAS TaqMan HCV test. To investigate whether the COBAS TaqMan HCV test is useful for measuring rapid virological response (RVR) and early virological response (EVR) to predict sustained virological response (SVR), we compared the virological...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Kanda T,Imazeki F,Yonemitsu Y,Mikami S,Takada N,Nishino T,Takashi M,Tsubota A,Kato K,Sugiura N,Tawada A,Wu S,Tanaka T,Nakamoto S,Mikata R,Tada M,Chiba T,Kurihara T,Arai M,Fujiwara K,Kanai F,Yokosuka O

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of ledipasvir/sofosbuvir (LDV/SOF) in treatment-naïve patients with chronic hepatitis C (CHC) genotype 1 (GT1) in the absence or mild fibrosis (F0-F1) versus advanced fibrosis (F2-F4), from the perspective of the Spanish Health System. A Markov model was developed to simulate disease...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Buti M,Domínguez-Hernández R,Oyagüez I,Casado MA,Esteban R

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although long-term antiviral treatment with nucleos(t)ide analogs (NAs) can lead to histological improvement in patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB), a substantial proportion of patients still fail to achieve regression of fibrosis. Here, we investigated whether peginterferon alpha (Peg-IFNα） add-on therapy had ben...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Li G,Zhang Q,Yu Y,Qiu C,Zhang H,Zhang M,Song Z,Yang Y,Hong J,Lu J,Li N,Tang Q,Xu L,Wang X,Zhang W,Chen Z

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A significant proportion of chronic hepatitis C patients fails to achieve sustained virologic response even after treatment with the current, more potent, combination of pegylated interferon-alpha (IFNa) plus ribavirin. Such patients represent a rather heterogeneous group and may be divided initially into relapsers an...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Papatheodoridis GV,Cholongitas E

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Only in a minority of patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) will treatment with interferon (IFN)-alpha or nucleoside analogues lead to sustained virological response. In vivo immunization (IVI) following virus suppression aims to optimize conditions for an effective immune response: following rapid and profound viru...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Sprengers D,van der Molen RG,Binda R,Kusters JG,de Man RA,Niesters HG,Schalm SW,Janssen HL

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Triple therapy with telaprevir, pegylated interferon and ribavirin has been reported to improve antiviral efficacy but have potentially severe adverse effects in patients with chronic hepatitis C. To avoid the severe effects of telaprevir, lowering the dose has been suggested. However, impact of dosage changes on anti...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Oze T,Hiramatsu N,Yakushijin T,Yamada R,Harada N,Morishita N,Oshita M,Mita E,Ito T,Inui Y,Inada M,Tamura S,Yoshihara H,Imai Y,Kato M,Miyagi T,Yoshida Y,Tatsumi T,Kasahara A,Hayashi N,Takehara T

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic infection with the hepatitis C virus is a major health problem. Conventional therapy, with interferon-alpha is effective in only a minority of patients. The failure of current treatments has led to a major initiative to identify new antiviral agents. In the absence of a tissue culture model for hepatitis C inf...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Clarke BE

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both hepatitis B and hepatitis C viruses (HBV and HCV) cause chronic infections worldwide that are associated with development of liver diseases ranging from mild liver inflammation to hepatocellular carcinomas. While efficient preventive vaccines are available for HBV, efforts are ongoing to develop one in case of HC...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Inchauspé G,Michel ML

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The focus of this study was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of sequential peginterferon α-2a (Pegasys) therapy for chronic hepatitis B with acute exacerbation [ALT > 10 × upper limit of normal (ULN), bilirubin <2.0 mg/dL]. Four groups of patients categorized by HBeAg status and treatment regimens were studied sinc...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Chen CC,Wang PC,Chang HW,Chen CF

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CD4+ T cells are thought to contribute to antiviral immune responses by secretion of cytokines thereby providing help to CD8+ T and B cells. However, perforin-positive cytotoxic CD4+ T cells have been described in human immunodeficiency virus-positive patients suggesting a role not only of CD8+ but also of CD4+ T cell...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Aslan N,Yurdaydin C,Wiegand J,Greten T,Ciner A,Meyer MF,Heiken H,Kuhlmann B,Kaiser T,Bozkaya H,Tillmann HL,Bozdayi AM,Manns MP,Wedemeyer H

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For the past decade, a specific hepatitis B virus (HBV) genotype A strain has been prevalent among men having sex with men (MSM) in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. At what point in time this strain was introduced in the MSM population, and why only this specific strain continues to be transmitted, remains unclear. Between...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： van Houdt R,Bruisten SM,Geskus RB,Bakker M,Wolthers KC,Prins M,Coutinho RA

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:People who use drugs are a key population in global HCV control. We evaluated the efficacy of an innovative model to eliminate HCV infection in a high-risk population of PWUD in a service for substance use disorder (SUD). Between January 2018 and December 2018, we conducted a prospective, interventional, before and af...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Messina V,Russo A,Parente E,Russo G,Raimondo T,Salzillo A,Simeone F,Onorato L,Di Caprio G,Pisaturo M,Coppola N

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary or secondary failure of adefovir dipivoxil (ADV) therapy of chronic hepatitis B is not infrequent. The reasons for suboptimal responses are not well defined. In HIV and hepatitis C virus infection, failure of antiviral drug therapy has been linked with low blood drug levels. We have studied 20 well-defined pat...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Deterding K,Naesens L,Buti M,Janssen H,Kirschner J,Guerrero A,Reijnders J,Neyts J,Zoulim F,Wedemeyer H

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the Chiron branched DNA (bDNA) assay for detection of serum hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA in patients with chronic hepatitis B lacking hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg) and undergoing interferon (IFN) therapy. Results obtained with the bDNA assay were compared with those obtained using ...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Habersetzer F,Zoulim F,Jusot JF,Zhang X,Trabaud MA,Chevallier P,Chevallier M,Ahmed SN,Sepetjan M,Comanor L,Minor J,Trépo C

更新日期：1998-11-01 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：:Interferon-alpha 2b (IFN-alpha 2b) can exert antiproliferative activity in both normal and malignant liver tissue. To study mechanisms of its antiproliferative action, the activity of the enzymes of adenosine metabolism were investigated. We studied 5'-nucleotidase (an adenosine-producing enzyme) and adenosine deamina...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Kocić G,Kocić R,Vlahović P,Pavlović D,Jevtović T

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Candidate blood donors in Ghana are frequent carriers of hepatitis B virus (HBV). A comparative study of 117 donor samples including 46 with alanine aminotransferase (ALT) > or = 60 IU/L and 71 with < or =40 IU/L level was undertaken. S and the basic core promoter-precore regions (BCP/PC) sequencing was used to identi...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Candotti D,Opare-Sem O,Rezvan H,Sarkodie F,Allain JP

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sequence motifs within the non-structural protein NS5 or NS5B of the members of the family Flaviviridae suggest that this protein is the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase. This protein has now been expressed in various in vitro systems and used in polymerase assays. To understand the role of the RNA polymerase in RNA repli...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Bartholomeusz A,Thompson P

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00