Mobile units are being used to test for hepatitis C in one of the areas where the virus is thought to be particularly ...

For patients with advanced hepatitis C liver disease, liver transplants can offer just such a second chance. Cirrhosis of the liver caused by HCV infection is the leading reason for liver transplants.

Information about prostate specific antigen, cholesterol, hepatitis A, B and C, human immunodeficiency virus, syphilis, tuberculin skin testing and histology were collected. RESULTS: Hepatitis C ...

Objectives The aims of our study were to describe current hepatitis B prevalence among Vietnamese Americans and to examine predictors of hepatitis B risk in this specific ethnic community. Design ...

Chronic hepatitis C is a growing health problem worldwide that has attracted increased attention in recent years. Treatment with peginterferon and ribavirin combination had previously been the ...

INTRODUCTION Hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections are serious global public health problems. It is estimated that there are 350 and 130 million chronic carriers of these ...

Objectives Oral direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) for hepatitis C virus (HCV) have dramatically changed the treatment paradigm. Our aim was to project temporal trends in HCV diagnosis, treatment and ...

BENNINGTON — The AIDS Project of Southern Vermont (APSVT) will participate in the nation’s largest coordinated National HIV Testing Day event by offering FREE rapid HIV and hepatitis C testing and ...

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection are important global public health problems. Regarding the disease burden, the World Health Organization estimated that more than 350 ...

Objective Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection causes severe liver disease and affects more than 160 million individuals worldwide. People undergoing liver organ transplantation face universal ...

The prescribing information includes a Boxed Warning regarding the risk of hepatitis B virus (HBV) reactivation in patients coinfected with HCV and HBV. “Mavyret has treated more than one million ...

In commercial applications, sofosbuvir (SOF) for hepatitis C is only available in tablet dosage form, resulting in minimal SOF accumulation in the liver (26.94%) due to its low intestinal permeability ...