Autoimmune Hepatitis should be considered whenever the cause of liver disease is not clear. Blood tests to check for presence ...
When you hear about hepatitis A, you may think of tainted food and water, but this liver infection can also be spread from person to person. The American Liver Foundation estimates that 115,900 new ...
Large-scale data on the hepatitis D virus (HDV)/hepatitis B virus (HBV) co-infection rate is needed to estimate the current ...
Health care workers are at higher risk of hepatitis B infection due to occupational exposure to blood and body fluids.
A 71-year-old grandmother is among those to have been diagnosed with hepatitis B as a result of a new screening programme. Renuka Chandan, from Sutton Coldfield, went to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in ...
Background: The duration of protection after hepatitis B vaccination of infants is unknown. Methods: We determined antibody to hepatitis B surface antigen (anti-HBs) at 4-13 years of age in 363 ...