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May 11th, 2021 - Concentration of viruses in water is necessary for detection and quantification of the viruses present, in order to evaluate microbiological barriers in water treatment plants and detect pathogenic viruses during waterborne outbreaks, but there is...

May 10th, 2021 - Viral infections affecting the liver have had an important impact on humanity, as they have led to significant morbidity and mortality in patients with acute and chronic infections. Once an unknown etiology, the discovery of the viral agents trigg...

May 7th, 2021 - Acute viral hepatitis (AVH) represents an important global health problem; however, the progress in understanding AVH is limited because of the priority of combating persistent hepatitis B (HBV) and C (HCV) virus infections. Therefore, an improved...

May 4th, 2021 - Objective: A bibliometric analysis was conducted to build an all-inclusive view of the status of research on hepatitis A virus (HAV) for facilitating researchers, health professionals, and policymakers to understand the characteristics of research...

May 3rd, 2021 - A 45-year-old brown-skinned woman presented with a 5-year history of asymptomatic grayish brown lesions on the face, arms, and legs. She had no medical history of previous diseases or contact dermatitis. She revealed that she had used olive oil al...

Mar 24th, 2019 - Multiple states across the country have reported outbreaks of hepatitis A, primarily among people who use drugs and people experiencing homelessness. Since the hepatitis A outbreaks were first identified in 2016, more than 15,000 cases, 8,500 (57%...

Nov 1st, 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 ...

Jun 30th, 2017 - 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...

Jun 4th, 2015 - Hepatitis A, caused by infection with the hepatitis A virus (HAV), has an incubation period of approximately 28 days (range: 15–50 days) (819). HAV replicates in the liver and is shed in high concentrations in feces from 2–3 weeks before to 1 week.

Dec 6th, 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...

May 11th, 2021 - Concentration of viruses in water is necessary for detection and quantification of the viruses present, in order to evaluate microbiological barriers in water treatment plants and detect pathogenic viruses during waterborne outbreaks, but there is...

May 10th, 2021 - Viral infections affecting the liver have had an important impact on humanity, as they have led to significant morbidity and mortality in patients with acute and chronic infections. Once an unknown etiology, the discovery of the viral agents trigg...

May 7th, 2021 - Acute viral hepatitis (AVH) represents an important global health problem; however, the progress in understanding AVH is limited because of the priority of combating persistent hepatitis B (HBV) and C (HCV) virus infections. Therefore, an improved...

May 4th, 2021 - Objective: A bibliometric analysis was conducted to build an all-inclusive view of the status of research on hepatitis A virus (HAV) for facilitating researchers, health professionals, and policymakers to understand the characteristics of research...

May 3rd, 2021 - A 45-year-old brown-skinned woman presented with a 5-year history of asymptomatic grayish brown lesions on the face, arms, and legs. She had no medical history of previous diseases or contact dermatitis. She revealed that she had used olive oil al...

Jun 29th, 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 ...

Apr 8th, 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 3rd, 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 3rd, 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 2nd, 2020 - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released an updated schedule for adult vaccines. The update includes changes regarding the administration of several vaccines, including those for influenza, human papillomavirus (HPV), hepa...