The introduction of highly effective direct-acting antivirals has transformed the HCV treatment landscape, enabling cure ...

A group of independent vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is meeting this week, and a key item on the agenda is the hepatitis B vaccine. After presentations about ...

Background: British Columbia introduced a preadolescent hepatitis B (HB) immunization program in 1992. This study documents trends in the reported rate of acute HB disease since 1992 and examines ...

Findings showed that in patients treated with glecaprevir/pibrentasvir, the overall SVR12 rate was 96%, with 0 patients experiencing virologic failure. The Food and ...

Before the Covid-19 pandemic, viral hepatitis killed more people in the United States than all 60 other reportable infectious diseases combined, including HIV, pneumonia, and tuberculosis. Which doesn ...

Lingering inflammation from viruses like COVID-19 or HIV can take a lasting toll on the brain. New research shows exactly how specific immune system imbalances lead to memory lapses and slowed ...

Whether hepatitis resolves depends on the type and whether a person receives treatment. Hepatitis A usually resolves without medications, and while sometimes hepatitis B and C may last only a few ...

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Chronic hepatitis B (CHB) is a long-term infection of the liver caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV). While acute hepatitis B infection is often resolved by the immune system, CHB occurs when the ...

Panel A shows the structure of HDV, which shares the hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) envelope with hepatitis B virus. The virion contains a single-stranded, circular RNA genome of approximately ...