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Over 20 million individuals infected with hepatitis E in Asia and Africa
Over 20 million individuals infected with hepatitis E in Asia and Africa Medical Xpress New research funded by the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 20.1 million individuals were infected with hepatitis E virus (HEV) genotypes 1 and 2 across 9 world regions in 2005. According to findings available in the April issue of … and more »
Innate immunity and hepatitis C virus infection
Innate immunity and hepatitis C virus infection: a microarray's view 7thSpace Interactive (press release) Hepatitis C virus (HCV) induces a chronic infection in more than two-thirds of HCV infected subjects. The inefficient innate and adaptive immune responses have been shown to play a major pathogenetic role in the development and persistence of HCV …
Healthy Living: Living with Hepatitis C
YNN, Your News Now Healthy Living: Living with Hepatitis C YNN, Your News Now According to the CDC, nearly 3.2 million Americans are infected with the chronic Hepatitis C virus and they don't know it because they don't look sick and they don't feel sick. Shari Foster suffered from Hepatitis C for 25 years.
Bill Gates: ‘We could save three million lives over the next decade’
Bill Gates: 'We could save three million lives over the next decade' The Independent BG: I'm not sure if it's the longest acronym, but the DPT-HepB+Hib (or you can just call it the pentavalent vaccine) – packs a punch by immunising children against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, Hepatitis B, and Haemophilusinfluenzae type B. DW: What … and more »
EASL Backs Down, Will Publicly Disclose Key Hep C Data
TheStreet.com EASL Backs Down, Will Publicly Disclose Key Hep C Data TheStreet.com By Adam Feuerstein 03/22/12 – 07:36 AM EDT BOSTON (TheStreet) — The European Association for the Study of the Liver, better known EASL, has backed down and will no longer unfairly and selectively disclose potentially stock-moving hepatitis C clinical … and more »
Discovery Provides Blueprint for New Drugs That Can Inhibit Hepatitis C Virus
Discovery Provides Blueprint for New Drugs That Can Inhibit Hepatitis C Virus Newswise (press release) Newswise — Chemists at the University of California, San Diego have produced the first high resolution structure of a molecule that when attached to the genetic material of the hepatitis C virus prevents it from reproducing. Hepatitis C is a chronic …
Potential First-in-Class Hepatitis C Vaccine Enters Phase I/II Trials
Potential First-in-Class Hepatitis C Vaccine Enters Phase I/II Trials Pharmacy Practice News by George Ochoa A preventive vaccine against hepatitis C virus (HCV) that would potentially be the first in that class is entering a Phase I/II clinical trial, according to the Basel, Switzerland-based biopharmaceutical company Okairos.
Hepatitis E Virus May Cause Acute Liver Dysfunction in HIV
MD News (press release) Hepatitis E Virus May Cause Acute Liver Dysfunction in HIV MD News (press release) For HIV-infected individuals, hepatitis E virus is one cause of acute liver dysfunction, accounting for 4 percent of acute liver abnormalities, according to a study published in the March issue of Emerging Infectious Diseases. and more »
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