abstract：:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) and HIV are major causes of worldwide disease. We aimed to evaluate the effect of a combined screening programme, which included a risk-assessment questionnaire and rapid tests for point-of-care diagnosis, on screening and new diagnosis rates. This prospective, cluster randomized study was carr...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Martínez-Sanz J,Vivancos MJ,Sánchez-Conde M,Gómez-Ayerbe C,Polo L,Labrador C,González P,Mesa A,Muriel A,Chamorro C,de la Fuente Y,Pérez Elías P,Uranga A,Herrero M,Ares S,Barea R,Moreno S,Pérez-Elías MJ

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the availability of effective direct-acting antiviral (DAA) treatments for Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, many people remain undiagnosed and untreated. We assessed the cost-effectiveness of a Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) HCV screening and treatment programme within a primary health clinic in Karachi, Pak...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Mafirakureva N,Lim AG,Khalid GG,Aslam K,Campbell L,Zahid H,Van den Bergh R,Falq G,Fortas C,Wailly Y,Auat R,Donchuk D,Loarec A,Coast J,Vickerman P,Walker JG

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of direct-acting antiviral (DAA) therapy on extracellular matrix (ECM) turnover, a prominent feature of chronic hepatitis C (CHC), is unknown. ECM protein degradation and formation generate fragments reflecting the tissue turnover balance when quantified in the blood. PRO-C3 and PRO-C4 reflect type III and ...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Laursen TL,Villesen IF,Leeming DJ,Karsdal MA,Sølund C,Tarp B,Kristensen LH,Holmboe CH,Leutscher P,Laursen AL,Gudmann NS,Grønbaek H

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is considered a major health problem in the world. HBV is classified into genotypes A to J disseminated worldwide. Genotypes A, D and F are the most frequent in the Western World, B and C are predominant in the East, and E, F, H and J are infrequent and restricted to specific regions....

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Wolf JM,De Carli S,Pereira VRZB,Simon D,Lunge VR

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Italy is one of the countries on track with the WHO's agenda to eliminate hepatitis C virus (HCV) by 2030. Healthcare facilities play a crucial role in seeking patients who are infected but have not yet been treated. We assessed the effectiveness of a recall strategy, named 'Telepass' project, for patients exposed to ...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Ponziani FR,Santopaolo F,Siciliano M,De Belvis AG,Tortora A,Mora V,Fanali C,Morsella A,Balducci F,Vetrugno G,D'Alfonso ME,Cambieri A,Cauda R,Bellantone R,Sanguinetti M,Pompili M,Gasbarrini A

更新日期：2021-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:In vitro cell culture experiments and animal models have demonstrated that hepatitis delta virus (HDV) can theoretically propagate being enveloped by human pathogenic viruses other than hepatitis B virus (HBV), namely hepatitis C virus (HCV) and dengue virus. However, the clinical relevance of these findings and wheth...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Pflüger LS,Schulze Zur Wiesch J,Polywka S,Lütgehetmann M

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cognitive impairment occurs in 30%-50% of patients with non-cirrhotic chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. Exercise is beneficial in preventing and treating cognitive impairment and cardiometabolic abnormalities in many chronic inflammatory diseases, but there are few studies investigating the impact of exercise...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： O'Gorman P,Strahan O,Ferguson D,Monaghan A,Kennedy M,Forde C,Melo AM,Doherty DG,O'Brien KK,McKiernan S,Kenny RA,Coen R,Doherty C,Bergin C,Gormley J,Norris S

更新日期：2020-12-28 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：:Over 70 million individuals are infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) worldwide. Yet most prevalence data are in the adult population, with little focus on paediatrics, partially due to the scarcity of public data. The objective of this paper is to examine HCV prevalence in children by estimating prevalence rates amon...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Rahal H,Boutros S,Farhat M,Kullar R,Rahal K,Saab S

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The risk of developing hepatitis B virus (HBV)-related hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is reduced by antiviral therapy. Here, we evaluated the chronological trends in HCC development risk starting in 2007, when entecavir reimbursement was first initiated in South Korea. Treatment-naïve patients with chronic hepatitis B...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Kim SU,Chon YE,Seo YS,Lee HW,Lee HA,Kim MN,Min IK,Park JY,Kim DY,Ahn SH,Tak WY,Kim BK,Park SY

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the long-term prognosis of liver disease in patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) eradication after antiviral therapy versus those with persistent HCV infection. Four hundred and eighty patients (5259 person-years [PYs]) who received interferon-based therapy and achieved sustained virologic response and...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Tada T,Toyoda H,Kumada T,Kurisu A,Sugiyama A,Akita T,Ohisa M,Aikata H,Miki D,Chayama K,Tanaka J

更新日期：2020-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to assess the efficacy and safety of two protocols for retreatment of a cohort of Egyptian patients with chronic hepatitis C (CHC) who relapsed after NS5A inhibitor-based therapy. We conducted a prospective cohort study to assess the safety and efficacy of 12 weeks' retreatment with either co...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Yousif MM,Ahmed H,Elsadek HM,Shendi AM,Gouda TM,Elsayed IA,Gendia MA,Magdy MM,Lbrahim NF,Sadek AMEM,Zaki AM,Shafeik H,Zahran MH

更新日期：2020-11-01 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：:In rare cases, individuals with a history of long-term injecting drug use remain seronegative and aviraemic, despite prolonged and likely repeated exposure to Hepatitis C virus (HCV) through high-risk behaviour. We describe anti-HCV Envelope (E) antibody responses in a prospective cohort of carefully defined highly ex...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Mina M,Underwood A,Eltahla A,Wu BR,Walker MR,Bull RA,Lloyd AR

更新日期：2020-10-01 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：:This study examined the association between chronic HBV or HCV infection and the risk of extrahepatic cancers. A total of 537 103 adults aged ≥20 years without history of cancer were identified from the Korean National Health Insurance Service-National Sample Cohort between 2003 and 2013. The difference in cancer inci...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Hong CY,Sinn DH,Kang D,Paik SW,Guallar E,Cho J,Gwak GY

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) is associated with a risk of renal dysfunction. We investigated whether TDF is associated with the deterioration of renal function in patients with hepatitis B virus (HBV)-related hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) requiring frequent computed tomography (CT) evaluations and t...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Jeon MY,Lee JS,Lee HW,Kim BK,Park JY,Kim DY,Han KH,Ahn SH,Kim SU

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the effect of sustained virologic response (SVR) from direct-acting antiviral (DAA)- and interferon-based treatments on hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) risk in a large population-based cohort in Canada. We used data from the BC Hepatitis Testers Cohort, which includes ~1.3 million individuals tested for HC...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Janjua NZ,Wong S,Darvishian M,Butt ZA,Yu A,Binka M,Alvarez M,Woods R,Yoshida EM,Ramji A,Feld J,Krajden M

更新日期：2020-08-01 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：:Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is associated with many extrahepatic malignancies, but its association with and impact on ovarian cancer has not been examined. We therefore examined the prevalence of HBV infection among women with primary ovarian carcinoma in an endemic area, and whether this impacts the presentatio...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Wong L,Cheung TH,Yim SF,Lao TT

更新日期：2020-05-01 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：:Antiviral therapy has been shown to improve the prognosis of hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA-positive hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) after radical treatment, but antiviral treatments require further optimization. This study aimed to evaluate the efficacies of different antiviral strategies with HCC patients after hepatect...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Qi W,Zhang Q,Xu Y,Wang X,Yu F,Zhang Y,Zhao P,Guo H,Zhou C,Wang Z,Sun Y,Liu L,Xuan W,Wang J

更新日期：2020-04-01 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

abstract：:Ultrasound-based elastography and serum indexes have been individually validated as noninvasive methods for staging liver fibrosis in chronic viral hepatitis. We aimed to compare the accuracy of transient elastography (TE), shear wave elastography (SWE), aspartate aminotransferase to platelet index (APRI) and Fibrosis...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Udompap P,Sukonrut K,Suvannarerg V,Pongpaibul A,Charatcharoenwitthaya P

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB), long-term effects of tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) on renal function have been controversial. This study aimed to analyse the real-world long-term effects of TDF on renal function in Korean patients with CHB. We analysed a cohort of 640 treatment-naïve patients with CH...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Lim TS,Lee JS,Kim BK,Lee HW,Jeon MY,Kim SU,Park JY,Kim DY,Han KH,Ahn SH

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding local viral hepatitis and HIV epidemiology is essential if WHO elimination targets are to be achieved. We demonstrate a consistently high prevalence of undiagnosed active infection in urban emergency department attendees in England, with variations in local risk groups crucial to informing targeted testi...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Hopkins MJ,Todd S,Beadsworth M,Anderson C,Mohamed Z,Muir D,Vivancos R,Brown AS,Ruf M,Chawla A

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High rates (~25%) of developing chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection (hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg)-positive for > 6 months following infection) have been observed in people who use drugs (PWUD) and men who have sex with men (MSM). We aimed to estimate the frequency of delayed HBsAg seroclearance, along wit...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： van Santen DK,Boyd A,Bruisten S,Sonder GJ,Prins M,van Houdt R

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple, pangenotypic and effective treatment regimen for patients with a broad range of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections remains an unmet medical need. We conducted a phase 2, randomized, open study involving untreated patients with chronic HCV genotypes 1, 2, 3, or 6 infections. Patients without cirrhosis...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Rao H,Song G,Li G,Yang Y,Wu X,Guan Y,Mao Q,Jiang X,Wang C,Zhang Y,Jia J,Guo X,Li C,Ning J,Qin H,Pan H,Wei L

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The global scale-up of hepatitis C virus (HCV) diagnosis requires simplified and affordable HCV diagnostic pathways. This study evaluated the sensitivity and specificity of the HCV Architect core antigen (HCVcAg) assay for detection of active HCV infection in plasma and capillary whole blood dried blood spots (DBS) co...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Catlett B,Lamoury FMJ,Bajis S,Hajarizadeh B,Martinez D,Mowat Y,Cunningham PH,Jacka BP,Cloherty GA,Marks P,Dore GJ,Grebely J,Applegate TL

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ECHO model was developed to expand access to medical care for populations with HCV infection in underserved areas. We aimed to compare HCV treatment outcomes in community-based clinics with the Austral University Hospital (AUH) and to assess improvement in physician knowledge and skills. In October 2015, we establ...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Mendizabal M,Ridruejo E,Ceballos S,Sixto M,Billordo A,Gadea C,Mengarelli S,Alonso C,Palazzo A,De María L,Bruno A,Perez D,Piñero F,Deltrozzo V,Mendoza C,Figueroa S,Manero E,Villa M,Barreyro F,Moreno V,Vilar J,Mur

更新日期：2019-11-01 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：:The United States Preventive Services Task Force recommends hepatitis C testing people born from 1945 to 1965, "birth cohort" as well as hepatitis C and hepatitis B testing people from countries of birth with endemic infection risk. We automated the hospital electronic health record system to test birth cohort and tho...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： de la Torre A,Ahmad M,Ayoub F,Korogodsky M,Pichardo N,Green L,Montesdeoca A,McDowall P,Danko C

更新日期：2019-07-01 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：:The aims of the present study were to evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of ledipasvir/sofosbuvir (LDV/SOF) with or without ribavirin in the treatment of chronic hepatitis C (CHC) in patients with advanced liver disease and to analyse whether the use of LDV/SOF treatment is associated with a new occurrence of hepa...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Idilman R,Demir M,Aladag M,Erol C,Cavus B,Iliaz R,Koklu H,Cakaloglu Y,Sahin M,Ersoz G,Koksal İ,Karasu Z,Ozgenel M,Turan İ,Gunduz F,Ataseven H,Akdogan M,Kiyici M,Koksal AS,Akhan S,Gunsar F,Tabak F,Kaymakoglu S

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To achieve WHO hepatitis C virus (HCV) elimination targets by 2030, mathematical models suggest there needs to be significant scale-up of treatment among people who inject drugs (PWID). We tested whether people who actively inject drugs can be recruited and treated successfully through a community needle and syringe p...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Schulkind J,Stephens B,Ahmad F,Johnston L,Hutchinson S,Thain D,Ward Z,Vickerman P,Hickman M,Dillon JF

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is unknown whether dynamic changes of liver stiffness measurement (LSM) can predict the reversibility of fibrosis. Therefore, we evaluated the utility of LSM changes in predicting histological changes of fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) on antiviral therapy. In a prospective cohort of CHB patient...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Kong Y,Sun Y,Zhou J,Wu X,Chen Y,Piao H,Lu L,Ding H,Nan Y,Jiang W,Xu Y,Xie W,Li H,Feng B,Shi G,Chen G,Li H,Zheng H,Cheng J,Wang T,Liu H,Lv F,Shao C,Mao Y,Sun J,Chen T,Han T,Han Y,Wang L,Ou X,Zha

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The World Health Organization has set the goal of reducing the hepatitis-related mortality rate by 65% between 2015 and 2030. Diagnosis and awareness of infection is the first essential step towards achieving this goal. Our study examined the current awareness rate of chronic viral hepatitis in the United States and t...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Kim HS,Yang JD,El-Serag HB,Kanwal F

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The limitations of liver biopsy have led to the development of indirect noninvasive models for liver fibrosis assessment. We aimed to evaluate and compare the performance of 30 noninvasive models to predict fibrosis stage in treatment-naïve and treated chronic hepatitis B (CHB) patients. A total of 576 Chinese treatme...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Dong XQ,Wu Z,Zhao H,Wang GQ,China HepB-Related Fibrosis Assessment Research Group.

更新日期：2019-02-01 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：:Injecting behaviour in people who inject drugs is the main risk factor for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. Psychosocial factors such as having a partner who injects drugs and living with other drug users have been associated with increases in injecting risk behaviour. This study aimed to investigate changes in inje...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Malaguti A,Sani F,Stephens BP,Ahmad F,Dugard P,Dillon JF,ERADICATE-C Study Group.

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00