Search Results - "Hepatology, Medicine and Policy"

Correlates of hepatitis B awareness and disease-specific knowledge among pregnant women in Northern and Central Uganda: a cross-sectional study by Nankya-Mutyoba, Joan, Aizire, Jim, Makumbi, Fredrick, Atuyambe, Lynn, Ocama, Ponsiano, Kirk, Gregory D

“…Countries in sub-Saharan Africa with a high hepatitis B burden also have limited resources to identify underlying drivers of disease among key at-risk…”
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Correction to: Hepatology, Medicine and Policy : Articles with DOIs 10.1186/s41124-016-0014-8, 10.1186/s41124-016-0013-9 and 10.1186/s41124-016-0012-x

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Strategies for achieving viral hepatitis C micro-elimination in the Netherlands by Kracht, P A M, Arends, J E, van Erpecum, K J, Urbanus, A, Willemse, J A, Hoepelman, A I M, Croes, E A

“…The Netherlands is striving to achieve national elimination of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) as one of the first countries worldwide. The favorable HCV…”
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Publisher Correction to Hepatology, Medicine and Policy: Articles with DOIs 10.1186/s41124-017-0024-1, 10.1186/s41124-017-0025-0, 10.1186/s41124-017-0026-z and 10.1186/s41124-017-0027-y

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Seroprevalence of hepatitis B and C in Nepal: a systematic review (1973-2017) by Naveira, Marcelo Contardo Moscoso, Badal, Komal, Dhakal, Jagadish, Mayer, Neichu Angami, Pokharel, Bina, Del Prado, Ruben Frank

“…Hepatitis B and C represent an important co-infection for people living with HIV worldwide. Nepal wants to be part of the international mobilization for viral…”
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Drug consumption rooms (DCRs) as a setting to address hepatitis C - findings from an international online survey by Belackova, Vendula, Salmon, Allison M, Schatz, Eberhard, Jauncey, Marianne

“…Prevalence of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) among people who inject drugs (PWID) is high. Risky injecting behaviours have been found to decrease in drug consumption…”
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Achieving a hepatitis C cure: a qualitative exploration of the experiences and meanings of achieving a hepatitis C cure using the direct acting antivirals in Australia by Richmond, Jacqueline A, Ellard, Jeanne, Wallace, Jack, Thorpe, Rachel, Higgs, Peter, Hellard, Margaret, Thompson, Alexander

“…Universal access to the hepatitis C direct acting antiviral (DAAs) regimens presents a unique opportunity to eliminate hepatitis C in Australia. Large numbers…”
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Racial/ethnic- and county-specific prevalence of chronic hepatitis B and its burden in California by Toy, Mehlika, Wei, Bin, Virdi, Tejpal S, Le, An, Trinh, Huy, Li, Jiayi, Zhang, Jian, Hsing, Ann W, So, Samuel K, Nguyen, Mindie H

“…In the United States, the highest burden of chronic hepatitis B (CHB) and CHB-related liver cancer is in the state of California, primarily in the San…”
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Re-evaluation of chronic hepatitis B and hepatitis C patients lost to follow-up: results of the Northern Holland hepatitis retrieval project by Beekmans, N, Klemt-Kropp, M

“…Many persons infected with Hepatitis B virus (HBV) and Hepatitis C virus (HCV) in the past are now lost to follow-up. The aim of the Northern Holland Hepatitis…”
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Design of the Prospective Real-world Outcomes Study of hepatic encephalopathy Patients' Experience on Rifaximin-α (PROSPER): an observational study among 550 patients by Krag, Aleksander, Schuchmann, Marcus, Sodatonou, Hanna, Pilot, Jeff, Whitehouse, James, Strasser, Simone I, Hudson, Mark

“…Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is one of the most important severe complications of liver cirrhosis. Thought to be caused by elevated blood levels of gut-derived…”
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Uptake of hepatitis B-HIV co-infection screening and management in a resource limited setting by Rachel, Musomba, Barbara, Castelnuovo, Murphy, Claire, Komujuni, Charlene, Nyakato, Patience, Ocama, Ponsiano, Lamorde, Mohammed, Easterbrook, Philippa, Ratanshi, Rosalind Parkes

“…WHO hepatitis B guidelines recommend testing all new HIV patients, treating them accordingly or providing immunization. At the Infectious Diseases Institute…”
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Post-infection viral superinfection technology could treat HBV and HCV patients with unmet needs by Bakacs, Tibor, Safadi, Rifaat, Kovesdi, Imre

“…Viral hepatitis deaths from acute infection, cirrhosis, and liver cancer have risen from the tenth to the seventh leading cause of death worldwide between 1990…”
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"B in IT" - a community-based model for the management of hepatitis B patients in primary care clinics using a novel web-based clinical tool by O'Leary, Debra A, Cropp, Eleanor, Isaac, David, Desmond, Paul V, Bell, Sally, Nguyen, Tin, Wong, Darren, Howell, Jessica, Richmond, Jacqui, O'Neill, Jenny, Thompson, Alexander J

“…The current model of care for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B (CHB) in Australia is through specialist Hepatology or Infectious Diseases clinics, and…”
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Erratum: Publisher Correction to Hepatology, Medicine and Policy : Articles with DOIs 10.1186/s41124-017-0024-1, 10.1186/s41124-017-0025-0, 10.1186/s41124-017-0026-z and 10.1186/s41124-017-0027-y

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Hepatitis C virus prevention and care for drug injectors: the French approach by Delile, Jean-Michel, de Ledinghen, Victor, Jauffret-Roustide, Marie, Roux, Perrine, Reiller, Brigitte, Foucher, Juliette, Dhumeaux, Daniel

“…After France removed hepatitis C treatment reimbursement restrictions on 25 May 2016, an expert report presented recommendations, which focused on vulnerable…”
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Urgent action to fight hepatitis C in people who inject drugs in Europe by Dillon, John F, Lazarus, Jeffrey V, Razavi, Homie A

“…Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a leading cause of liver cirrhosis and liver cancer, is curable in most people. Injecting drug use currently accounts for…”
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A school-based intervention of screening a movie to increase hepatitis B vaccination levels among students in Uttar Pradesh, India: impact on knowledge, awareness, attitudes and vaccination levels by Choudhuri, Gourdas, Ojha, Rajesh, Negi, T S, Gupta, Varun, Saxena, Shipra, Choudhuri, Arundhati, Pal, Sanjoy, Choudhuri, Jui, Sangam, Alok

“…India is home to one in 14 of all chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) cases, meaning that it is important to develop HBV interventions that are applicable in the…”
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Hepatitis C in Eastern Europe and Central Asia: a survey of epidemiology, treatment access and civil society activity in eleven countries by Maistat, Ludmila, Kravchenko, Natalija, Reddy, Amulya

“…The 16 countries of the Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA) region are home to 6.6 million people in need of treatment for chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV)…”
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Highlights from the 3rd international HIV/viral hepatitis Co-infection meeting - HIV/viral hepatitis: improving diagnosis, antiviral therapy and access by Maponga, Tongai G, Matteau Matsha, Rachel, Morin, Sébastien, Scheibe, Andrew, Swan, Tracy, Andrieux-Meyer, Isabelle, Spearman, C Wendy, Klein, Marina B, Rockstroh, Jürgen Kurt

“…The International AIDS Society convened the 3rd International HIV/Viral Hepatitis Co-Infection Meeting on 17 July 2016 as part of the pre-conference program…”
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Incidence of hepatitis C among people who inject drugs in Ireland by Carew, Anne Marie, Murphy, Niamh, Long, Jean, Hunter, Kate, Lyons, Suzi, Walsh, Cathal, Thornton, Lelia

“…Comprehensive information on the incidence and duration of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection for people who inject drugs (PWID) in Ireland is not available. We…”
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