The incubation period in humans after oral exposure ranges from 15 to 50 days with an average of 28 days, [8] but the route and mechanism by which the virus reaches the liver from the intestinal tract ...

We evaluated the serologic responses to different 2-dose combinations of the inactivated hepatitis A virus (HAV) vaccines Havrix and Vaqta among human immunodeficiency virus–positive individuals ...

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) can reactivate in the setting of cancer chemotherapy; however, the optimal screening strategy for HBV before cancer therapy remains controversial. Serologic testing confirms ...

Peginterferon-α treatment exhibits low rates of the serological conversion rate of hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg) and the ...

Credit: Getty Images. Researchers evaluated the optimal timing for vasopressin initiation for reducing the risk of mortality among patients with septic shock. A lower risk of mortality was observed ...

Mutant KRAS Codon 12 and 13 Alleles in Patients With Metastatic Colorectal Cancer: Assessment As Prognostic and Predictive Biomarkers of Response to Panitumumab Three hundred seventy patients who were ...

NEW YORK, July 31 (Praxis Press) Blood screening, immunization, and infection control policies have made hospital outbreaks of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection rare; in contrast, community outbreaks ...

An alum-precipitated sodium-hydroxide-conjugated duck virus hepatitis modified-live-virus (PC-DVH-MLV) vaccine was tested in ducklings carrying high levels of parental antibodies against duck virus ...

The diagnosis of hepatitis A virus (HAV) infection is based on the detection of anti-HAV IgM. Shortcomings of this serological approach include the persistence of IgM after normalization of liver ...