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High maternal viral load key to vertical transmission of hepatitis B

High maternal viral load is the most important factor causing maternally transmitted hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and is significantly correlated with e antigen (HBeAg) positivity, according to a prospective study from Taiwan.

Published
19 March 2013
From
Medscape (requires registration)
Hepatitis C symptoms and diagnosis
Expanding High Risk Population Drives European Hepatitis B and C Diagnostics Market

New analysis from Frost & Sullivan, Analysis of the European Hepatitis B and C Diagnostics Market, estimates revenues of the hepatitis B diagnostics to grow from $165.9 million in 2012 to $260.2 million in 2019 and hepatitis C diagnostics market to grow from $3,140.8 million in 2012 to $4,940.9 million in 2019, respectively.

Published
13 March 2013
From
PR Newswire (press release)
Medical procedures and other blood-borne exposure
NY aims to prevent unsafe injections

The Safe Injection Practices Coalition, a group of healthcare-related organizations including the CDC indicated since 2001, more than 150,000 patients in the U.S. were told they may have been exposed to hepatitis B, hepatitis C, or human immunodeficiency virus because providers followed unsafe injection procedures.

Published
12 March 2013
From
UPI.com
Hepatitis B
Arrowhead data demonstrates RNAi candidate ARC-520 silences hepatitis B virus

Single injection induces multi-log repression of viral RNA, proteins, and viral DNA; Long duration of effect lasting over 30 days; Regulatory submissions planned for Q2 2013.

Published
27 February 2013
From
Arrowhead Research Corp press release
Hepatitis B
FDA rejects Dynavax's adult hepatitis B vaccine on safety concerns

U.S. health regulators denied approval for Dynavax Technologies Inc's adult hepatitis B vaccine pending additional data to evaluate its safety, potentially delaying the U.S. market entry of the company's first promising product.

Published
26 February 2013
From
Reuters
EASL publishes first comprehensive literature review on the burden of liver disease in Europe

Key findings in the report suggest that alcohol consumption, viral hepatitis B and C and metabolic syndromes related to overweight and obesity are the leading causes of cirrhosis and primary liver cancer in Europe.

Published
22 February 2013
From
Eurekalert Inf Dis
Hepatitis B
Study: One-third of hepatitis B and C cases in Pakistan are preventable

Approximately one-third of all hepatitis B and C cases in Pakistan could be prevented by interventions directed towards a few modifiable risk factors, according to a recent study.

Published
14 February 2013
From
Vaccine News Daily (blog)
Hepatitis B
Launch of New Patient-Focused Website at LiverCancerConnect.org

The website aims to help people better understand how liver cancer is diagnosed and how it can be treated or prevented. In addition, wwwLiverCancerConnect.org includes a Drug Watch of potential new liver cancer therapies, an expanding directory of liver cancer specialists, and a clinical trials listing.

Published
07 February 2013
From
Hepatitis B Foundation
Hepatitis B
NICE issues draft guideline for consultation on the diagnosis and management of hepatitis B

NICE is currently developing a new clinical guideline on the diagnosis and management of chronic hepatitis B in children, young people and adults. Draft recommendations have been published on the NICE website today (17 January) for public consultation.

Published
17 January 2013
From
NICE press release
Hepatitis C
New NICE public health guidance aims to ensure more people at increased risk of hepatitis B and C infection are tested

New guidance published today (12 December) by healthcare guidance body NICE highlights the need to tackle ignorance about the risk factors and causes of hepatitis B and C, and misconceptions about its treatment if barriers to effective testing of those at increased risk of infection are to be overcome.

Published
12 December 2012
From
NICE
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