Demographic trends associated with increased maternal & neonatal Hepatitis C cases over 10 years
1. A retrospective, cross-sectional study including all pregnancies in the United States between 2009 and 2019 found that the annual ...
Tag: hepatitis C
Adenovirus encoding hepatitis C virus vaccine is safe but effectiveness is unclear
1. In this phase 1-2 clinical trial, an adenovirus viral vector expressing non-structural hepatitis C proteins was safe in a ...
Expanding heart transplant in the era of direct-acting antiviral therapy for hepatitis C
1. The rate of hepatitis C virus (HCV) transmission from nucleic acid amplification testing (NAT)-negative donor hearts is low, and ...
2 Minute Medicine Rewind December 23, 2019
Association of prehospital plasma transfusion with survival in trauma patients with hemorrhagic shock when transport times are longer than 20 ...
Quick Take: Opioid agonist treatment dosage and patient-perceived dosage adequacy, and risk of hepatitis C infection among people who inject drugs
The opioid epidemic has been associated with rising hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection incidence in North America among those who ...
2 Minute Medicine Rewind May 6, 2019
Risk of HIV transmission through condomless sex in serodifferent gay couples with the HIV-positive partner taking suppressive antiretroviral therapy (PARTNER): ...
HCV-positive heart and lung transplant likely safe with post-transplant sofosbuvir-velatasivir treatment
1. HCV-naive patients in need of heart or lung transplants who received organs from HCV-positive donors and were treated with ...
Transplantation followed by antiviral therapy cured hepatitis C in 100 percent of patients receiving kidneys from infected donors
1. All 20 patients included in the study were cured of HCV following antiviral therapy. 2. Similar eGFR scores were ...
Using HCV-infected kidneys greatly reduces wait time for transplantation and improves survival for patients with HCV
1. Use of HCV-infected kidneys increased patients’ quality-adjusted life expectancy. 2. Lower costs were associated with HCV-infected kidneys compared to ...
Screening insufficient for newborns exposed to hepatitis C virus
1. In this retrospective study, only a fraction of infants receiving well-child care at the study institution were screened for ...
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