"Hepatitis" is a medical term that refers to inflammation of the liver.
Full definition
IFN - α (alpha) forms are widely used in the treatment of chronic
hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections and some forms of cancer.
Infectious agents can cause acute illness (for instance, influenza) or chronic illness (such as with
hepatitis B virus (HBV) and HIV), and chronic illnesses can sometimes occur with few or no symptoms until the disease has become significantly advanced.
«This is particularly concerning because the majority of new and existing cases
of hepatitis C in the U.S. exist among people who inject, or have injected drugs,» said Taylor.
Research programs of Immunopathology Unit aim to dissect the cellular and molecular mechanisms responsible for immunopathological responses of the liver, with emphasis on the responses that occur during infection
with hepatitis B virus (HBV).
Blumberg Institute professor receives celebrated scientific honor for his discovery of the cure for
chronic hepatitis C infection
It was established by the Hepatitis B Foundation in 2003 to fulfill its research mission of finding a cure
for hepatitis B in our lifetime.
(CNN) An outbreak of
hepatitis A caused by imported frozen strawberries from Egypt has sickened 55 people in six states, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday.
«Liver damage
in hepatitis C patients significantly underestimated, underreported.»
VANGUARD DAMP is for vaccination of healthy puppies 6 — 12 weeks of age as an aid in preventing canine distemper caused by canine distemper virus (CDV), infectious
canine hepatitis caused by canine adenovirus - 1 (CAV - 1), respiratory disease caused by CAV - 2 and canine parainfluenza caused by CPiV.
There is no vaccine for hepatitis C.
Sir Kenneth Murray, (1930 - 2013), was an international leader of scientific innovation who saved countless lives worldwide by developing the first vaccine against
viral hepatitis B.
The Department of Microbiology is focused on studying such viruses
as hepatitis C, dengue, Ebola, Marburg, Crimean - Congo hemorrhagic fever, cytomegalovirus, and several negative - strand RNA viruses.
«Those who have consumed the product in the past two weeks may benefit
from hepatitis A vaccination, if not already protected.
The liver may, for example, have been weakened by excessive alcohol consumption, obesity, or chronic viral infection
by hepatitis B or C viruses, which causes irreversible liver lesions leading to cirrhosis.
Such prophylactic vaccines
against hepatitis C are still in preclinical phases, however.
To address these concerns, the US Food and Drug Administration's Division of Antiviral Products in the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) has published a paper that highlights the agency's scientific approaches and regulatory processes that support the development and approval of promising drugs to
treat hepatitis C.
Diagnosis of chronic
active hepatitis in dogs begins with history, jaundice appearance, and a palpable enlarged liver on physical examination.
Sinovac Biotech Ltd. is biopharmaceutical company that focuses on research, development, manufacturing and commercialization of vaccines that protect against human infectious diseases
including hepatitis A and B, seasonal influenza, H5N1 pandemic influenza and mumps, as well as animal rabies vaccine.
The research group included patients with
autoimmune hepatitis who were treated at Hannover Medical School between 2000 and 2014.
A spokeswoman for Capital District Physicians» Health Plan says the insurer's policies
on hepatitis C treatment are «comparable» to other health plans and even the state's own Medicaid program.
In collaboration with Indiana University and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), Intercept is supporting a blinded Phase 2 trial treating 60 patients with
alcoholic hepatitis (NCT02039219 on clinicaltrials.gov).
«That could be because with the acute infections [
like hepatitis A], people may have a larger immune response that causes inflammation which would bring the symptoms out,» Dr. Dieterich says.
Eight million people in the European Union may be at risk of
contracting hepatitis B at work, despite a rule that came into force last month requiring employers to pay for workers at risk to be vaccinated.
If you do not have Hepatitis B - you will typically know by the time your baby is born if you do due to pregnancy screening - your baby has the same likely hood of
getting hepatitis B as he or she has of getting AIDS.
This new study is one of several testing
new hepatitis C drugs that were published April 23 in an online edition of NEJM.
The authors note that adult vaccination may help
prevent hepatitis A and suggest that clinicians consider vaccinating patients in high risk groups.
If you have other children, talk to your doctor about whether they should be immunized against specific diseases, such as hepatitis A.
The authors report the case of a woman who suffered severe toxic
hepatitis after taking capsules of chaparral, an herbal preparation that has been touted as an antioxidant or free - radical scavenger.
Hepatitis C is the type of viral
hepatitis which often leads to liver diseases, affecting the normal function of the liver, including bile production.
Dr Vicky Sheppeard from NSW Health's Communicable Diseases Branch said there were concerns
because hepatitis A was contagious.
A Chinese biotech partnership's vaccine success raises hopes for prevention of overlooked diseases, including
hepatitis E, which claims 70,000 lives annually
That is time he can devote to the science and not to grant - writing, and that gives him a better chance than almost anyone else at bringing us to a world
without hepatitis B infection.»
In general, you will need to update your tetanus shot and series of
hepatitis shots.
It combines the generic chemical form of Gilead's brand
name hepatitis C treatment Sovaldi (sofosbuvir) and Pharco's experimental ravidasvir.
But for all of the attention paid to its cancer drug pipeline, Bristol just scored a breakthrough therapy designation from the Food and Drug Administration for a treatment that
targets hepatitis C.
On November 21st, a relatively small biotech company named Gilead Sciences (GILD) made headline news in the pharmaceutical investment community when it acquired a little -
known hepatitis C drug developer named Pharmasset Inc. (VRUS), for $ 10.8 billion, in an all - cash deal.
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She and colleagues treated 10 patients who
received hepatitis C - positive kidneys with the new drug regimens.
* Edit, April 18, 2017: Planned Parenthood Arizona no longer
offers hepatitis B vaccinations.
The most common form of canine infectious
hepatitis occurs in puppies when they are six to ten weeks old.
«We desperately need a culture system,» says Frank Chisari, a
leading hepatitis immunologist at The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California.
They confirmed the presence of human papillomavirus in cervical cancer and
also hepatitis virus B in hepatocellular (liver) cancer.