ALLMedicine™ Hepatitis D Center

May 17th, 2021 - Hepatitis Delta Virus (HDV) infection is the most severe form of viral hepatitis. Bulevirtide (BLV, Hepcludex ®) is an HDV/HBV entry inhibitor approved in June 2020 in the European Union for adult patients with CHD compensated liver disease and po...

Apr 27th, 2021 - Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a major global health challenge with approximately 250-350 million chronically infected individuals. An improved understanding of the demographic features and outcomes of chronic HBV infection and hepatitis D virus (HDV)...

Apr 25th, 2021 - Hepatitis D virus (HDV) infection in patients chronically infected with hepatitis B virus (HBV) causes the most severe form of chronic viral hepatitis and continues to represent a major health problem. The latest data show that the global prevalen...

Apr 20th, 2021 - Hepatitis delta virus (HDV) is an obligate satellite of hepatitis B virus (HBV). HIV/HDV co-infection is associated with a high rate of hepatic decompensation events and death. We aimed to characterize the epidemiology of HDV infection in HIV/HBV ...

Apr 12th, 2021 - Chronic hepatitis D virus (HDV) infections cause the most severe form of viral hepatitis. HDV requires hepatitis B virus (HBV) envelope proteins for hepatocyte entry, particle assembly and release. Eight HDV and eight HBV genotypes are presently d...

May 17th, 2021 - Hepatitis Delta Virus (HDV) infection is the most severe form of viral hepatitis. Bulevirtide (BLV, Hepcludex ®) is an HDV/HBV entry inhibitor approved in June 2020 in the European Union for adult patients with CHD compensated liver disease and po...

Apr 27th, 2021 - Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a major global health challenge with approximately 250-350 million chronically infected individuals. An improved understanding of the demographic features and outcomes of chronic HBV infection and hepatitis D virus (HDV)...

Apr 25th, 2021 - Hepatitis D virus (HDV) infection in patients chronically infected with hepatitis B virus (HBV) causes the most severe form of chronic viral hepatitis and continues to represent a major health problem. The latest data show that the global prevalen...

Apr 20th, 2021 - Hepatitis delta virus (HDV) is an obligate satellite of hepatitis B virus (HBV). HIV/HDV co-infection is associated with a high rate of hepatic decompensation events and death. We aimed to characterize the epidemiology of HDV infection in HIV/HBV ...

Apr 12th, 2021 - Chronic hepatitis D virus (HDV) infections cause the most severe form of viral hepatitis. HDV requires hepatitis B virus (HBV) envelope proteins for hepatocyte entry, particle assembly and release. Eight HDV and eight HBV genotypes are presently d...

Nov 12th, 2020 - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Several risk factors associated with hepatitis D virus (HDV) infection can be used to identify people who should be screened, researchers report. "It was interesting to find that the risk factors that were identified in...

Dec 19th, 2019 - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Hepatitis delta virus (HDV) infection, which occurs only as a co-infection with acute hepatitis B (HBV) or a superinfection with chronic HBV, is associated with higher healthcare utilization and costs than HBV alone, a ...

Nov 8th, 2019 - BOSTON – For most patients with chronic hepatitis D virus (HDV) infection, combination therapy with lonafarnib, ritonavir, and peginterferon may significantly decrease viral loads, based on interim results from the phase IIa LIFT trial. After 6 mo.

Apr 19th, 2018 - What is the hepatitis virus? Well, the hepatitis virus invades liver cells and causes inflammation in the liver tissue. Five hepatitis viruses are recognized: hepatitis A, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, hepatitis D, and hepatitis E. They all have sligh...

Aug 1st, 2016 - In Reply: We thank Dr. Homler for bringing hepatitis D as a potential cause of acute liver failure to our attention.