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  • Hepatitis A

    Hepatitis A is a viral infection that causes inflammation of the liver. It is caused by the hepatitis A virus, also known as HAV. Hepatitis...

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    Hepatitis A can cause a short-term (or acute) illness, which normally lasts 10 to 14 days. It has no long-term, or chronic, phase. You can normally expect...

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  • Third of the world infected with hepatitis: WHO

    Around one third of the global population, or 2 billion people, have been infected with one of the viruses that causes the liver disease hepatitis, which kills about a million victims annually, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday.

    27 July 2011 | Reuters

  • Hep A Immune Response Mystery Has Implications for Hep C Research

    A surprising finding in a study comparing hepatitis C virus (HCV) with hepatitis A virus (HAV) infections in chimpanzees sheds new light on the nature of the body’s immune response to these viruses.

    21 June 2011 | AIDSMeds

  • HIV-Positive Men Need a Booster Dose of the Hep A Vaccine

    HIV-positive men who have sex with men (MSM)  required an extra booster dose to have an equivalent response to the vaccine as HIV-negative men, findings presented at the 50th ICAAC show.

    15 September 2010 | AIDSMeds.com
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