For the past 5 years, all adults presenting with > 10-fold liver enzyme elevations at the emergency department of the largest hospital in Barcelona were tested for markers of acute viral hepatitis. Out of all positive ...

The current global crisis produced by the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic is unprecedented. Even the 1918 influenza pandemic (Spanish flu) did not halt the planet so abruptly and deeply as it ran during World War I.

After the rapid surge of COVID-19 in Europe during the spring of 2020, implementation of lockdowns succeeded in drastically reduce the number of cases and deaths within 2-3 months. However, it came at a heavy socioeconomic ...

Medical and social attention to HIV infection has declined globally and is increasingly focused on developing regions, where the epidemic is still largely uncontrolled. In North America and western Europe, AIDS is rarely ...

COVID-19 is rapidly expanding globally, with more than 1,800,000 cases and 105,000 deaths to date (April 11, 2020) (www.worldometers.info). The WHO upgrade to pandemic, the emergency declaration in the United States, and ...

Despite the availability of both effective preventive vaccines and oral antivirals, over 250 million people are chronically infected with the hepatitis B virus (HBV). Globally, chronic hepatitis B is the leading cause of ...

The clinical spectrum of “Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus type 2” (SARS-CoV-2) infection is wider than initially thought. The coronavirus does not establish a chronic cellular infection, in contrast with HIV ...

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 ...

A relationship between the infecting dose and the risk of disease severity has not been demonstrated for SARS-CoV-2 infection. Here, we report three clusters of individuals that were potentially exposed to distinct inoculum ...

For the past 5 years, all adults presenting with > 10-fold liver enzyme elevations at the emergency department of the largest hospital in Barcelona were tested for markers of acute viral hepatitis. Out of all positive ...