All the news Showing 10 of 10 articles.Get an RSS feed of these articles Show All news infohep newsEditors' picks from other sources Testing COVID-19 patients for viral hepatitis does not detect numerous undiagnosed cases Keith Alcorn / 19 September 2021 Screening people admitted to hospital with COVID-19 for hepatitis C or hepatitis B does not lead to detection of a large number of undiagnosed infections and is likely to be of limited ... Hepatitis B treatment suboptimal in people with HIV in Africa Keith Alcorn / 04 February 2020 Testing for chronic hepatitis B infection was very low in people living with HIV in Cameroon, a country with a high burden of hepatitis B, and suppression of hepatitis B virus was ... New simplified scoring system identifies people with hepatitis B in need of treatment in Africa Keith Alcorn / 02 July 2018 Liver enzyme and hepatitis B 'e' antigen test results are sufficient to determine which people with hepatitis B need antiviral treatment for the infection in sub-Saharan Africa, a study carried ... Active invitation to test for viral hepatitis greatly improves uptake of testing among South Asians in England Keith Alcorn / 16 April 2018 Inviting migrants and their children by post to test for hepatitis B and C in primary care settings results in the identification of a high prevalence of previously undiagnosed infections, ... Inexpensive interventions can boost engagement with key stages of viral hepatitis care continuum Michael Carter / 14 October 2016 Several cheap interventions can significantly boost engagement with the continuum of care for viral hepatitis, a systematic literature review and a series of meta-analyses published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases show. Programmes led by ... Hepatitis B testing should be done before hepatitis C treatment due to risk of HBV reactivation Liz Highleyman / 07 October 2016 People considering direct-acting antiviral (DAA) therapy for hepatitis C should first be tested for hepatitis B virus (HBV) and monitored throughout therapy, as elimination of hepatitis C virus (HCV) can lead to HBV ... Many people in the US with chronic hepatitis B not being properly monitored Michael Carter / 26 August 2016 Many people with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) virus infection have infrequent medical monitoring, according to US research published in the online edition of Clinical Infectious Diseases. Analysis of the records of over 2000 ... Survey shows more than 800,000 people in US have hepatitis B, half of them Asian Liz Highleyman / 23 February 2016 Although nearly 70 million people in the US have been vaccinated against hepatitis B virus (HBV), there are still 847,000 people with evidence of infection, about 400,000 of whom are Asian, according ... Hepatitis B testing and treatment rates are low among US veterans Liz Highleyman / 11 November 2014 Only 15% of US veterans have been tested for hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, and among those who tested positive just one-quarter received antiviral treatment and 13% were screened for liver cancer ... Many people need hepatitis B treatment in the Gambia Liz Highleyman / 17 July 2013 About 8% of people tested through a community-based screening program in the Gambia have hepatitis B, and about 8% of these have advanced liver disease and meet European criteria for antiviral therapy, according ... ← First1Next → Other pages in this section Latest news All the news Hepatitis A Hepatitis B Hepatitis C Hepatitis D Hepatitis E Coronavirus NAFLD Treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma Transmission, epidemiology and prevention Health services, policy and advocacy Social issues Conference news Email bulletin archive