abstract：:Chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection eventually leads to cirrhosis in 20-30% of patients and to hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in 1-5% of patients. Rates of sustained virological response with standard interferon-alpha (IFN-alpha) are low in patients without cirrhosis (generally < 20%) and are even lower in those...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Zeuzem S

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Drug users with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection are frequently co-infected with human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1), but it is still not clear whether HIV-1 worsens the natural history of hepatitis C. To investigate this, we conducted a multicentre observational study in 163 drug addicts with histological...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Romeo R,Rumi MG,Donato MF,Cargnel MA,Viganò P,Mondelli M,Cesana B,Colombo M

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted an analytical review of 194 full papers on interferon (IFN) therapy for chronic hepatitis C to evaluate current methodology (i.e. study design, criteria for evaluating the efficacy of therapy and predictors of response). Of the papers evaluated, 64 were randomized controlled trials (RCT), 40 were non-rand...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Kondili LA,Taliani G,Tosti ME,De Bac C,Pasquazzi C,Mele A

更新日期：2000-05-01 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：: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：:Using data from the surveillance system for type-specific acute viral hepatitis, the temporal incidence trend of non-A, non-B acute hepatitis and risk factors for acute hepatitis C have been evaluated in Italy. The association between hepatitis C and the potential risk factors (odds ratios, OR) was estimated using hep...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Mele A,Tosti ME,Marzolini A,Moiraghi A,Ragni P,Gallo G,Balocchini E,Santonastasi F,Stroffolini T

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Controversial results have been reported concerning the correlation between serum levels of IgM antibodies to hepatitis B core antigen (IgM HBcAb) and the histological activity of chronic hepatitis B. In this study, paired serum samples and liver biopsies were collected from 200 consecutive chronic hepatitis B patient...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Colloredo G,Bellati G,Sonzogni A,Zavaglia C,Fracassetti O,Leandro G,Ghislandi R,Minola E,Ideo G

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The non-structural (NS)5A protein of hepatitis C virus (HCV) is cleaved, after translation, by the NS3-encoded zinc-dependent serine proteinase, from the NS4B protein upstream and the NS5B protein downstream. The released, mature NS5A protein is a 56 000 MW phosphoprotein (p56), which also exists within infected cells...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Pawlotsky JM,Germanidis G

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:GB virus type C (GBV-C) is a member of the hepacivirus genus within the Flaviviradae. Persistent GBV-C infection is common in humans, yet it remains unclear if GBV-C causes any disease. Although GBV-C infection has been associated with acute non-A to non-E post-transfusion hepatitis, it does not appear to cause chroni...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Xiang J,Daniels KJ,Soll DR,Schmidt WN,Labrecque DR,Stapleton JT

更新日期：1999-07-01 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

abstract：:Significant advances have been made, during the last 5 years, in the treatment of chronic hepatitis B. Several new antiviral agents: lamivudine, famciclovir, lobucavir and adefovir, have been shown to be safe and effective in inhibiting hepatitis B virus (HBV) replication. These compounds can be administered orally an...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Hussain M,Lok AS

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemotherapy for chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is inherently difficult for a variety of reasons that are related to unusual features of both HBV replication strategy and host cell metabolism. Previous attempts to treat chronic HBV infection using nucleoside analogues have been almost universally disappoint...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Shaw T,Locarnini SA

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objectives of this study were to investigate the prevalence of infections with hepatotrophic viruses in an anti-human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive population from Buenos Aires and to compare it among the main risk groups for HIV infection. Four hundred and eighty-four consecutive patients attending the HI...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Fainboim H,González J,Fassio E,Martínez A,Otegui L,Eposto M,Cahn P,Marino R,Landeira G,Suaya G,Gancedo E,Castro R,Brajterman L,Laplumé H

更新日期：1999-01-01 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：: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：:Hepatitis Be antigen (HBeAg)-negative chronic hepatitis B (CHB) is associated with hepatitis B virus (HBV) variants harbouring changes in the precore region. Most commonly, a G to A point mutation at nucleotide 1896 (m1896) creates a novel translation stop codon that prevents HBeAg production. In the Mediterranean reg...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Laras A,Koskinas J,Avgidis K,Hadziyannis SJ

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a previously reported randomized controlled trial of interferon-alpha (IFN-alpha) for chronic hepatitis B, we found a significant difference in response between Chinese adults with elevated vs normal pretreatment aminotransferase (ALT) levels. The aim of this study was to determine the correlation between serum hep...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Lok AS,Ghany MG,Watson G,Ayola B

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Response to interferon-alpha (IFN-alpha) treatment in hepatitis C is poorer when cirrhosis is present. In the third Australian multicentre hepatitis C trial, Aushep-3, we examined the efficacy and tolerability of an intensive 24-week course of interferon-alpha 2a in Child-Pugh grade A patients with chronic hepatitis C...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Farrell G,Cooksley WG,Dudley FJ,Watson K

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In southwestern China, small but substantial numbers of patients with acute hepatitis were found without known hepatropic viral infections (hepatitis A, B, C, D or E, cytomegalovirus, Epstein-Barr virus) and were receiving no hepatotoxic drugs. Prevalence of antibodies, both neutralizing and specific immunoglobulin (I...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Meng G,Lan Y,Nakagawa M,Maehara T,Mitani K,Tomiyama T,Che XG,Ohkubo A

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with biopsy-proven chronic hepatitis C, who failed to respond to a previous course of either recombinant (rIFN-alpha) or lymphoblastoid (Ly IFN-alpha) interferon-alpha, were randomized to receive either leucocyte (Le) IFN-alpha (patients) or a second course of the same IFN-alpha (controls), to compare the eff...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Gaeta GB,Di Virgilio D,Russo G,Stornaiuolo G,Nicolella U,Colella F,Grimaldi M,Pasquale G,Giusti G

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although tattooing is recognized as a risk factor for transmission of hepatitis C, the efficiency with which transmission occurs is unknown. Sera stored from a serosurvey of tattooists undertaken in 1984 to test for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) provided the opportunity to determine the prevalence of serological ...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Thompson SC,Goudey RE,Breschkin AM,Carnie J,Catton M

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The establishment of an in vitro system for hepatitis C virus (HCV) propagation is essential to characterize virus replication, virus persistence and viral pathogenicity. The aim was to establish HCV replication in HepG2 cells by gene transfer of infectious HCV cDNA. First, several gene transfer methods were evaluated...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Hiramatsu N,Dash S,Gerber MA

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Through molecular virological testing it is now clear that HCV reinfection of the allograft is virtually universal in liver transplant recipients. Although histopathological recurrence of hepatitis C occurs in the majority of patients, it is absent in a substantial minority. To date, no prognostic factors, other than ...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Vierling JM,Villamil FG,Rojter SE,Camacho KB,Goldman DE

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serological and biochemical studies indicate that acute HBV infection is resolved in the context of an efficient cell-mediated immune (CMI) response, whereas, chronic infection is characterized by weak to undetectable CMI responses and relatively efficient humoral immunity. Because humoral immunity and CMI are regulat...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Milich DR

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg)-negative infections are an unusual form of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in which viral replication and liver damage persist despite antibodies against HBeAg. This form of HBV may be associated with fulminant hepatitis. The molecular basis for an HBeAg-minus phenotype has been...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Miyakawa Y,Okamoto H,Mayumi M

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The risk of perinatal transmission of hepatitis C virus (HCV) from a cohort of 95 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-negative intravenous drug users (IVDU) is described, 89 of whom were positive for antibodies to HCV (anti-HCV). Infection, defined as the presence of HCV RNA in a serum sample collected from an infant a...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Spencer JD,Latt N,Beeby PJ,Collins E,Saunders JB,McCaughan GW,Cossart YE

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathogenesis of liver damage in the course of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection depends on the host's specific and non-specific immune response to various viral antigens. The role of polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMN) in the natural immune reaction and during secondary microbial infections is well documented. Inc...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Sułowska Z,Pietruszynski R,Dworniak D,Tchórzewski H,Sidorkiewicz M

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This open label study was initiated to assess the safety and efficacy of lymphoblastoid interferon-alpha (IFN-alpha) and thymosin alpha 1 (T alpha 1) in the treatment of 11 patients with chronic hepatitis B, who had failed to respond to standard IFN-alpha 2b therapy, and in four interferon naive patients. These fiftee...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Rasi G,Mutchnick MG,Di Virgilio D,Sinibaldi-Vallebona P,Pierimarchi P,Colella F,Favalli C,Garaci E

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed the efficacy of prolonged interferon-alpha (IFN) therapy in children with chronic hepatitis caused by hepatitis delta virus (HDV) by treating 26 paediatric cases with IFN-alpha 2b (5 MU m-2, then 3 MU m-2 three times weekly for 12 (medium-term group MTG) or 24 months (long-term group, LTG). Compliance and ...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Di Marco V,Giacchino R,Timitilli A,Bortolotti F,Crivellaro C,Calzia R,Iannuzzi C,Prestileo T,Vajro P,Nebbia G,Stringhi C,Rosina F,Biassoni D,Callea F,Rizzetto M,Craxi A

更新日期：1996-05-01 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：: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：: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：:The efficacy and tolerability of 12-month treatment with titrated doses of recombinant interferon-alpha 2a (IFN-alpha 2a) in chronic hepatitis C were studied in 67 consecutively recruited patients randomly assigned either to a starting dose of IFN-alpha 2a 6 MU, subsequently adjusted to the serum alanine aminotransfer...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Rumi MG,del Ninno E,Parravicini ML,Romeo R,Soffredini R,Donato MF,Zahm F,Colombo M

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the prevalence of hepatitis delta virus (H delta V) in northern India, 204 adult patients with acute and chronic liver disease who were positive for hepatitis B virus (HBV) markers were screened for anti-H delta V antibody by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Anti-H delta V antibodies were positive ...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Singh V,Goenka MK,Bhasin DK,Kochhar R,Singh K

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine if chemiluminescence can be used in an enzyme immunoassay (EIA) format to test for hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibody and to compare sensitivity and specificity of chemiluminescence to a licensed anti-HCV EIA method, random volunteer donor samples were evaluated. One thousand and seventy-four random volunte...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Ornopia GL,Kuramoto K

更新日期：1995-01-01 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：: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