ALLMedicine™ Hepatitis A Center

Aug 1st, 2021 - Hepatitis A virus (HAV) is a common cause of enterically-transmitted viral hepatitis. In non-immune individuals, infection results in typically transient but occasionally fulminant and fatal inflammatory liver injury. Virus-specific T cell frequen...

Jul 31st, 2021 - Viral hepatitis, secondary to infection with hepatitis A, B, C, D, and E viruses, are a major public health problem and an important cause of morbidity and mortality. Despite the huge medical advances achieved in recent years, there are still poin...

Jul 28th, 2021 - Since the beginning of the Syrian crisis in 2011, the region has witnessed a major population displacement. Lebanon, a country with a population of 4.2 million, has welcomed around one million refugees. A rise in the incidence of Measles, Hepatiti...

Jul 27th, 2021 - Hepatitis A (HAV) and hepatitis E viruses (HEV) are endemic in Iran and are known major causes of acute viral hepatitis. Also, during pregnancy, they are associated with severe outcomes. Therefore, it is vital to evaluate the antibody levels again...

Jul 22nd, 2021 - We report a case of human fascioliasis in the USA that encountered many diagnostic uncertainties. Numerous tests available for detection of fascioliasis were utilised but the diagnosis remained elusive. Confounders included three negative stool ov...

Nov 2nd, 2018 - Postexposure prophylaxis (PEP) with hepatitis A (HepA) vaccine or immune globulin (IG) effectively prevents infection with hepatitis A virus (HAV) when administered within 2 weeks of exposure. Preexposure prophylaxis against HAV infection through ...

Feb 9th, 2017 - The adolescent period heralds the pediatric patient's transition into adulthood. It is a time of dynamic development during which effective preventive care measures can promote safe behaviors and the development of lifelong health habits. One of t...

Dec 21st, 2016 - Clinicians are required to assess abnormal liver chemistries on a daily basis. The most common liver chemistries ordered are serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alkaline phosphatase and bilirubin. These tests sh...

Dec 7th, 2011 - Recent trends suggest that the prevalence of hepatitis infection has declined in populations vaccinated against the hepatitis viruses. Still, with an estimated 20,000 new infections annually in the United States from human hepatitis A virus, as ma...

Sep 29th, 2011 - The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommend routine administration of hepatitis A vaccine for household members and close contacts, inclu...

Apr 24th, 2020 - utilizing HCV-positive donors (defined as HCV-NAT positive) for heart transplantation in HCV-negative recipients treated with Epclusa®. Subjects will be identified from the heart transplantation waitlist. Subjects who, according to the judgement o...

Mar 23rd, 2020 - For this, a two-group comparison study will be conducted using a previously approved inactivated hepatitis A vaccine (Havrix Inj., manufactured by GSK) as the control vaccine to prove that the immunogenicity of the test vaccine treatment group is ...

Sep 4th, 2019 - The investigated vaccine is an inactivated, adjuvanted and preservative-free hepatitis A vaccine. Each dose contained 250 U HAV antigen in 0.5 milliliter. Total 400 subjects were enrolled and assigned into four groups, each receiving one of the th...

Jul 30th, 2019 - This was a single center, open-label, single-arm study design, in which approximately 28 subjects received the same study treatment (0.2 mL/kg dose via IM injection). There was no reference therapy in this study. The study was explained to each su...

Jul 16th, 2019 - The Protocol Posting has been updated in order to comply with the FDA Amendment Act, Sep 2007. The following vaccines will be offered by the sponsor: Two doses of hepatitis A vaccine will be offered to all subjects to comply with national recommen...

Jun 30th, 2020 - Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. Jensa Woo is a librarian in San Francisco who was sidelined by the coronavirus pandemic and reassigned to work as a contact tracer for the city's ...

May 4th, 2020 - Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. Developing a COVID-19 vaccine in 12-18 months would require skipping "major steps," such as proof-of-concept studies, larger dose-ranging trials, and getting FDA...

Apr 9th, 2020 - Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. A woman presented to the emergency department with high liver enzyme levels and dark urine. She developed fever on day 2 of care, and then tested ...

Feb 4th, 2020 - Changes reflected in this year's child and adolescent vaccine schedule include guidance that a hepatitis A catch-up vaccination is now recommended for anyone who was not vaccinated as a child. The 2020 Childhood and Adolescent Immunization Schedul...

Feb 4th, 2020 - Changes reflected in this year's child and adolescent vaccine schedule include guidance that a hepatitis A catch-up vaccination is now recommended for anyone who was not vaccinated as a child. The 2020 Childhood and Adolescent Immunization Schedul...