Wednesday, February 08, 2006


Hepatitis C Awareness - Molecular mechanism that inhibits HCV replication discovered - Tang


Molecular mechanism that inhibits HCV replication discovered - Tang
RxPG - By Florida State University, The hepatitis C virus (HCV) infects more than 170 million people worldwide and leads to both acute and chronic liver diseases. Since its discovery several decades ago, the insidious human pathogen has stymied the quest

Viral Hepatitis and HIV Coinfection
Medscape News - In Western countries, chronic HBV infection affects 5% to 10% of HIV-positive individuals. However, a larger proportion of the HIV-infected population has been exposed to HBV in the past. Isolated hepatitis B core antibody (anti-HBc) is more common

Management of HIV/HBV Coinfection
Medscape News - This is the second in a series of case studies from Bellevue Hospital Center at New York University that will examine challenging opportunistic diseases, complications, and coinfections encountered in the management of patients with HIV/AIDS. Judith

Extrahepatic sites may cause rapid recurrence of Hepatitis C after
RxPG - "In most patients HCV RNA levels decreased rapidly during and after transplantation and subsequently began to increase reaching above pre-transplant levels in all but one patient within a few days of the procedure." By AASLD, When a diseased