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Hepatitis delta in patients with resolved hepatitis B virus infection
(European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, 2018-09)
Background The hepatitis delta virus (HDV) causes the most aggressive form of chronic viral hepatitis. As HDV replication requires hepatitis B virus (HBV), HDV screening is limited to HBsAg+ carriers. To date, individuals ...
Prevalence and incidence of hepatitis delta in patients with chronic hepatitis B in Spain
(European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, 2018-09)
Background Hepatitis delta virus (HDV) is a defective agent that only replicates in the presence of the hepatitis B virus. Accordingly, HDV acquisition may occur as superinfection of HBsAg+ carriers or following acute dual ...
Overt and occult hepatitis B among immigrants and native blood donors in Madrid, Spain
(Therapeutic Advances in Infectious Disease, 2020-12)
Background:
The risk of transfusion-transmitted viral infections is very low in developed countries. Recent massive migration flows from highly hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV) and/or HIV endemic regions ...
Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis for viral infections other than HIV
(Infezioni in Medicina, 2022)
The battle against human viral infections has histori-cally relied on two medical strategies, namely vaccines to protect from contagion and antivirals to treat infected patients. In the absence of vaccines, antivirals have ...
Liver cancer and hepatic decompensation events in patients hospitalized with viral hepatitis in Spain
(Hepatology International, 2022)
Background: Chronic viral hepatitis B, C, and D are the main causes of decompensated cirrhosis and liver cancer worldwide. Newborn HBV vaccination was implemented more than 2 decades ago in most EU countries. Furthermore, ...
Viral hepatitis in persons living with HIV in the post-COVID era
(AIDS reviews, 2023)
Coinfection with hepatitis viruses A to E is frequent in persons living with HIV (PLWH) and causes significant morbidity and mortality. Oro-fecal transmissible hepatitis A and E mostly produce acute self-limited episodes ...
Ultra-long-acting (XLA) antivirals for chronic viral hepatitis
(Elsevier B.V., 2022)
Viral hepatitis is among the top four causes of mortality globally, causing 1.4 million deaths each year, exceeding tuberculosis, malaria and human immunodeficiency virus. Hepatitis B and C are responsible for 90% of ...