Introduction In 2002, hepatitis B vaccines were incorporated into China’s National Immunisation Programme (NIP). In 2009, the ...

The direct-acting antiviral glecaprevir/pibrentasvir (Mavyret) was highly effective and well tolerated in adults with acute ...

This retrospective cohort study used data from the Veterans Health Administration to assess the association between chronic untreated HCV and incident PDAC and whether different HCV genotypes affect ...

Compared with no HCV infection, chronic HCV was associated with an increased risk of PDAC after adjusting for risk factors including smoking, alcohol use, diabetes, pancreatitis, and liver disease ...

Khat (Catha edulis) is a plant native to East Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, chewed for its stimulant effects by millions worldwide. Its sympathomimetic properties, primarily due to cathinone and ...

NEW YORK, July 31 (Praxis Press) Blood screening, immunization, and infection control policies have made hospital outbreaks of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection rare; in contrast, community outbreaks ...

With the aging of susceptible subjects, molecular diagnostics of HAV should become more widely used to confirm HAV infection in the absence of symptoms or laboratory evidence of acute hepatitis or in ...

In 2019, Somchai, a Thai native, was 21 years old and faced a double threat to his long-term health and wellbeing. He was living with hepatitis B (HBV) and with advanced HIV. “Since both viruses are ...

Hepatitis C (HCV) is not an uncommon feature in hemodialysis (HD) patients and may be a cause of systemic inflammation. Plasma cytokine interleukin-6 (IL-6) is mainly produced by circulating and ...

ABSTRACT: Background: The World Health Organization (WHO) has set a goal to eradicate or at least significantly reduce the prevalence the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B Virus (HBV) ...