Journal of Viral Hepatitis

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• Evaluation of a Hepatitis C Clinical Care Coordination Programme's Effect on Treatment Initiation and Cure
  Did participation in a 3 year HCV care coordination program in a major metropolitan center increase treatment access and cure relative to those who weren't enrolled?

  December 07, 2018

• Evolution and Persistence of Resistance-associated Substitutions of Hepatitis C Virus After Direct-acting Antiviral Treatment Failures
  This study investigated how resistance-associated substitutions evolved after DAA treatment failures in HCV-infected patients, and assessed the effect of those substitutions on viral fitness.

  November 30, 2018

• New Viral Biomarkers for Hepatitis B: Are We Able to Change Practice?
  Many biomarkers for hepatitis B are now available, including HBV DNA, HBsAg, HBV RNA, HBcrAg, and more. How might they help guide the treatment of patients with chronic HBV infection?

  November 23, 2018

• Detection of In Vivo Hepatitis B Virus Surface Antigen Mutations
  This study compared four commercially available HBsAg serological screening assays for the detection of HBsAg mutations.

  November 07, 2018

• Early Development of De Novo Hepatocellular Carcinoma After Direct-acting Agent Therapy
  The results of this study indicate that chronic HCV patients treated either with PegIFN or an all-oral DAA regimen remain at risk for development of de novo hepatocellular carcinoma.

  October 31, 2018

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2018 - 25 (10)

• Response to letter to the editor: Is revaccination required in children who received a full primary vaccination against hepatitis B in infancy?! A response letter from the authors of Changes and analysis of anti-HBs titres after primary immunization in 1-to 16-year-old Chinese children: A hospital-based study. 

  October 01, 2018

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• Transplanting organs from hepatitis B positive donors: Is it safe? Is it ethical? 

  October 01, 2018

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• Is revaccination required in children who received a full primary vaccination against hepatitis B in infancy? A letter in response to Changes and analysis of anti-HBs titres after primary immunization in 1-to 16-year-old Chinese children: A hospital-based study. 

  October 01, 2018

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• Epidemiological characteristics and associated factors of acute hepatitis A outbreak among HIV-coinfected men who have sex with men in Taiwan, June 2015-December 2016. 

  October 01, 2018

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• Comparison of overall survival between antiviral-induced viral suppression and inactive phase chronic hepatitis B patients. 

  October 01, 2018

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• Systematic review and meta-analysis: Development of hepatocellular carcinoma in chronic hepatitis B patients with hepatitis e antigen seroconversion. 

  October 01, 2018

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• A novel index using routine clinical parameters for predicting significant liver inflammation in chronic hepatitis B. 

  October 01, 2018

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• Younger age and language barriers are associated with nonadherence to clinical follow-up in hepatitis B treatment. 

  October 01, 2018

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• Shortened therapy of eight weeks with paritaprevir/ritonavir/ombitasvir and dasabuvir is highly effective in people with recent HCV genotype 1 infection. 

  October 01, 2018

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• Hepatitis B virus infection in Taiwan: The role of NTCP rs2296651 variant in relation to sex. 

  October 01, 2018

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• Precore G1896A mutation is associated with reduced rates of HBsAg seroclearance in treated HIV hepatitis B virus co-infected patients from Western Africa. 

  October 01, 2018

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• Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of interventions targeting harm reduction and chronic hepatitis C cascade of care in people who inject drugs: The case of France. 

  October 01, 2018

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• Serum NGAL can act as an early renal safety biomarker during long-term nucleos(t)ide analogue antiviral therapy in chronic hepatitis B. 

  October 01, 2018

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• Detection of in vivo hepatitis B virus surface antigen mutations-A comparison of four routine screening assays. 

  October 01, 2018

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• Early development of de novo hepatocellular carcinoma after direct-acting agent therapy: Comparison with pegylated interferon-based therapy in chronic hepatitis C patients. 

  October 01, 2018

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