Tag: Hepatitis
Hepatitis Outbreak Spurs Recall of Frozen Strawberries Sold at Costco, Trader Joe’s, Aldi
All five people who have become ill in the outbreak reported eating the frozen organic strawberries; two patients were hospitalized
DAAs Less Likely for Hep C Patients With Alcohol Use Disorder
Those with current alcohol use disorder or abstinent with alcohol use disorder history had lower likelihood of receiving direct-acting antivirals
Bepirovirsen Studied for Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis B Infection
Dosage regimens for bepirovirsen explored in phase 2b, randomized, investigator-unblinded trial
IDSA: Three-Dose Hepatitis B Vaccine Highly Protective in Persons With HIV
Seroprotection rate increased from 94.4 percent at eight weeks after second dose to 98.5 percent at week 24
HIV + Hep C Coinfection Not Tied to Increased Type 1 MI Risk
However, with increasing age, risk for type 1 myocardial infarction increased for people with HIV with versus without hepatitis C virus infection
Few Insured Individuals Receive Timely DAA Treatment for Hep C
Individuals with Medicare and Medicaid have lower odds of treatment initiation than those with private insurance
Hep C Reinfection Low Among People Receiving Opioid Agonist Therapy
Rate of hepatitis C virus reinfection higher among people with recent injecting drug use
Two Case Series Describe Acute Pediatric Hepatitis of Unknown Cause
Unclear whether human adenovirus is the causative agent for acute hepatitis in these children
Treatment for Hep C Up Among People Who Inject Drugs
Among PWID with chronic HCV infection, proportion with detectable HCV RNA decreased from 100 percent in 2006 to 48 percent in 2019
Children <12 Need Not Repeat HIV, Hep B/C Tests Before Transplant Surgery
Candidates aged <12 years at the time of transplantation are exempt from testing if they received postnatal infectious disease testing
