Hepatitis

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Grammy winner and songstress Natalie Cole has been diagnosed with Hepatitis C, according to many ongoing reports last week. ...

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Related Articles High prevalence of Hepatitis C virus infection and predominance of genotype 4 in rural gabon. J Med Virol. 2008 Jul 22;80(9):1581-1587 Authors: Ndong-Atome GR, Makuwa M, Ouwe-Missi-Oukem-Boyer O, Pybus OG, Branger M, Le Hello S, Boye-Cheik SB, Brun-Vezinet F, Kazanji M, Roques P, Bisser S Hepatitis C (HCV) molecular epidemiology is documented poorly in central African countries. In response to this, a population-based study of 319 consenting adults resident in a remote village of Gabon was undertaken (mean age: 38 years; age range: 13-85+; sex ratio: 0.74). Screening for anti-HCV antibodies was performed using ELISA and recombinant immunoblot assay. Seropositive samples were assessed further with viral load and genotyping techniques. Sixty-six (20.7%) individuals were HCV seropositive. Viral loads ranged from 600 to 24.9 million IU/ml (median: 372,500). Seroprevalence and viral loads increased significantly with age (P < 10(-5) and P < 0.003, respectively). HCV sequences of the 5'UTR genome region were obtained from 60 (90.9%) samples and NS5B region sequences were obtained from 22 (36.6%) samples. All strains belonged to subtypes of genotype 4: 4e (72.7%), 4c (13.6%), 4p (4.5%), 4r (4.5%) and one unclassified genotype 4 strain. Evolutionary analysis of the subtype 4e sequences indicates a period of raised transmission during the early twentieth century. J. Med. Virol. 80:1581-1587, 2008. (c) 2008 Wiley-Liss, Inc. PMID ...

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Related Articles Hepatitis C for addiction professionals. Addict Sci Clin Pract. 2007 Dec;4(1):34-41 Authors: Sylvestre D A disease whose reputation is often worse than its reality, Hepatitis C is usually benign. Most infected individuals do not experience symptoms requiring treatment, and roughly half of those treated will become free of detectable virus for an extended, perhaps permanent, period. Moreover, a growing body of data suggests that drug users can attain successful treatment outcomes, even when not completely abstinent. Addiction professionals belong in the forefront of prevention and management of this disease. We can assist our patients by helping them stabilize their lifestyles, correcting misperceptions about the disease, teaching prevention and health maintenance, promoting access to diagnosis and treatment, monitoring for treatment side effects, and providing encouragement to remain in treatment. PMID: 18292708 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] ...

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A University of California, San Diego School of Medicine researcher has developed the first tissue culture of normal, human cells that can model infection with the Hepatitis C (HCV) and provide a realistic to evaluate possible treatments. ...

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From 50 percent to 90 percent of HIV-infected drug users are also infected with HCV. Intravenous drug use is the main cause of both types of infection. ...

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28 new PubMed citations were retrieved for your search. Click on the search hyperlink below to display the complete search results: Hepatitis C These PubMed results were generated on 2008/07/24 PubMed, a service of the National Library of Medicine, includes over 15 million citations for biomedical articles back to the 1950's. These citations are from MEDLINE and additional life science journals. PubMed includes links to many sites providing full text articles and other related resources. ...

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They include interferon drug type, viral strain, and even race, study finds FRIDAY, July 6 (HealthDay News) -- Successful treatment of Hepatitis C may depend on the type of interferon given to patients and the viral strain, researchers say. ...

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Title: New Model Allows Testing of Hepatitis C Treatments Category: Health News Created: 7/17/2008 2:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 7/17/2008 ...

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ENDOSCOPY CENTER: Hepatitis C case linked to clinic ...

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Research has debunked the belief that Hepatitis C virus slows down immune system's ability to restore itself after HIV patients are treated with combination drugs ...

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Nevada health officials say they have traced seven cases of Hepatitis C to two patients who underwent procedures at a Las Vegas clinic last year.The Southern Nevada Health District said Thursday that one of the patients was known to be a carrier of the disease at the time of the procedure, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported.The newspaper said investigators planned to next start checking to see how many patients who underwent procedures at the Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada may have been exposed to the disease between 2004 and Jan. 11.Prosecutors are investigating the Hepatitis cases, which are suspected to have been caused by the improper re-using of syringes. ...

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2 dates identified in Vegas Hepatitis C outbreak ...

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The Southern Nevada Health District has identified the two patients who were the sources of the Hepatitis C that infected nine people who underwent endoscopic procedures. Reporter Edward Lawrence will have more at 4 & 5. ...

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Keeping up with the Hepatitis cases against the Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada, the Reno Gazette Journal reports today that patients from the center who were not physically injured may still be able to recover damages from the Center. Clark County District Court Judge Allan Earl dismissed the Center's argument that emotional distress claims unrelated to actual injuries should not be allowed to recover. While allowing emotional distress claims to survive, Judge Earl dismissed products liability and warranty claims against the Center, saying that the Center did not sell supplies to its patients. The RGJ reports that the Center currently faces 121 lawsuits. Meanwhile, according to Fox News Las Vegas , the Southern Nevada Health District confirmed a ninth case of Hepatitis C contracted from exposure at the Endoscopy Center. Originally posted at InjuryBoard by Steve Klearman ...

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Inovio Biomedical Corporation (AMEX:INO), a leader in enabling the development of DNA vaccines using electroporation-based DNA delivery, announced that its partner, Tripep AB of Sweden, has reported preliminary results from the first patient to complete treatment with Tripep’s therapeutic... ...

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Aleksander Emelianenko, the younger brother of WAMMA heavyweight champion Fedor Emelianenko and an established MMA heavyweight, has tested positive for Hepatitis B according to MMANews.com, confirming earlier rumors that Emelianenko was pulled from Affliction “Banned” on July 19th after testing positive for the virus: “A source close to the situation…explained that the blood tests came back [...] ...

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The Southern Nevada Health District says a ninth Hepatitis C case has been linked to a now-closed clinic center of the valley's Hepatitis cluster. ...