New model predicts HCC risk in noncirrhotic chronic hepatitis B patients, improving early detection strategies.

Existing treatment criteria for chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection are mainly based on data from observational studies, such as the REVEAL study from Taiwan, which was initiated in the early ...

Having peers facilitate virtual visits may lead to many more patients with hepatitis C receiving treatment and clearing the ...

The only natural host of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) is humans. Model organisms for laboratory studies, especially mice, ...

There are precedents for a hybrid NHS-private model of healthcare. Ten years ago, a new drug treatment arrived that could cure the hepatitis C infection. The NHS couldn’t afford to give it to everyone ...

Hepatitis C is an infectious disease of the liver caused by the hepatitis C virus (HCV). In the United States, it is the most common blood-borne infection, impacting around 2.4 million Americans, or ...

The president of Tanzania has confirmed a case of the Marburg virus in the country. Marburg belongs to the same family of illnesses as Ebola and can cause death in up to 88% of cases. President ...

A model for hepatitis B virus-associated chronic liver disease has ... Mice with the virus were mated to C3H/SCID mice (C3H SMN.C SCID; The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine).

(1) Studies involving non-cirrhotic or non-CHB-related cirrhosis patients; (2) Patients co-infected with other hepatitis viruses (A, C, D, or E) or human immunodeficiency virus ... a fixed-effects ...

Hepatitis C can be transmitted when blood that carries the virus comes into contact with the blood of someone who does not have the virus. This can occur if people share needles or personal care ...