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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

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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Studies from US and Spain show that hepatitis vaccination programmes not reaching target populations

The majority of US adults at risk of hepatitis B remain unvaccinated against the potentially life-threatening infection of hepatitis, according to research published in advance of print in the online edition of Infection. The research highlighted missed opportunities for vaccination, ...
23 January 2012 | Michael Carter
HIV-positive patients have good long-term responses to hepatitis A vaccination

HIV-positive patients have a good response to vaccination against hepatitis A virus, US investigators report in the June 15th edition of the Journal of Infectious Diseases. Overall, 85% of patients who had an initial response to the vaccination remained protected ...
03 June 2011 | Michael Carter

Hepatitis A vaccination in children under 2 remains effective for 10 years

Vaccination against the hepatitis A virus (HAV) in children two years of age and younger remains effective for at least ten years, according to new research available in the August issue of Hepatology, a journal of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases. The study found that any transfer of the mother's HAV antibodies does not lower the child's immune response to the vaccine.
10 August 2012 | EurekAlert
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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Hepatitis A