Investigators found data from the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System that showed hepatitis C virus infection rates doubled among women of reproductive age between 2006 and 2014.
Further patient advocacy is needed to ensure that recipients of HCV-infected organs have access to direct-acting antivirals as early as possible, including in a prophylactic manner, if data continue to support its benefit.
Although hepatic vein pressure gradient measurement is an accurate method for evaluation of portal HTN, this technique is invasive and not widely available.
The opioid epidemic has fueled the transmission of HCV, particularly among younger persons, who are often unaware of their risks and prevented from receiving timely treatment due to a variety of care barriers, even in settings ideally suited to identifying and treating HCV.
Patients with HIV and those with a history of intravenous drug use may have significantly higher rates of hepatic steatosis, according to research results presented at the virtual Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, held from March 8 to 11, 2020. Two groups of researchers examined the role of hepatic steatosis across these patient populations.…
A study identifies risk factors for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) after the first 5 years of receiving antiviral therapy in white patients with chronic hepatitis B.
Among patients coinfected with HIV/HCV, there were no medium-term beneficial effects of sustained virologic response on markers of preclinical atherosclerosis and biomarkers of inflammation and endothelial dysfunction.
Primary vaccination against hepatitis B virus (HBV) at birth may not provide adequate lifelong antibody levels, but a booster vaccine at age 18 years reinforces antibody levels for at least 4 more years.
In patients coinfected with HIV and HCV, eradication of HCV had no effect on markers of preclinical atherosclerosis and biomarkers of inflammation and endothelial dysfunction.
The study researchers concluded that different DAA therapies may be safely used with high SVR12 rates in patients with HCV and GFR less than 30 ml/min, except for ribavirin due to poor tolerability.
Patients who received heart transplants from hepatitis C virus-positive vs -negative donors were found to have comparable survival at 1 year and patients who developed transplant-related hepatitis C responded well to treatment.
The FDA has approved updated labeling for Epclusa, Harvoni and Vosevi to include updated information regarding treatment of patients with HCV who have severe renal impairment including those with end stage renal disease who are on dialysis.
It appears that the common ancestor of the modern hepatitis E virus (HEV) strains emerged approximately 6800 years ago in the period following the domestication of pigs, and natural selection has played a major role in the evolution of the codon usage of HEV open reading frames (ORFs), according to study results published in BMC…
Front-line providers minimally could check HBV DNA and ALT during pregnancy to assess mother‐to‐child transmission risk but HBeAg is recommended to be included in the initial HBV evaluation to get a more comprehensive understanding of the patient’s HBV disease state.
For patients with chronic hepatitis C infection, sustained viral response rates are similar for those aged 65 years and older and those younger than 65.
Because after hepatitis B viral suppression the cause and intervention for elevated alanine aminotransferase is somewhat unknown, investigators conducted a real-world study.
Researchers of studies on the effect of conflict-driven migration on rates of hepatitis indicate that mass migration from high-burden countries has significantly increased the prevalence of both hepatitis C virus (HCV) and hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in the host nation.
