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redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online New Yorkers who recently dined at one bistro in the West Village area of Manhattan are being warned by city health officials to get a Hepatitis A vaccination due to a possible contamination risk. According to Janon Fisher and Ben Fractenberg of DNAinfo.com, anyone who ate dessert at Alta Restaurant between March 23 and April 2 may have contracted the acute liver disease from an infected food handler. The restaurant’s manager,...
Viruses have historically been classified into one of two types – those with an outer lipid-containing envelope and those without an envelope. For the first time, researchers at the University of North Carolina have discovered that hepatitis A virus, a common cause of enterically-transmitted hepatitis, takes on characteristics of both virus types depending on whether it is in a host or in the environment. "The whole universe of virology is divided into two types of viruses – viruses...
NEW YORK, Nov. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation (the Foundation) and its partners today launched a Centers of Excellence Conference for Community Based Viral Hepatitis Interventions to share best practices from the flagship hepatitis program Delivering Hope, which this year celebrates its 10(th) anniversary. The Centers of Excellence conference is based on 10 years of developing strategies to raise awareness of hepatitis B and C and manage the virus in...
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) strongly supports the new screening recommendations for hepatitis C virus (HCV) from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), recognizing that these guidelines -- testing all persons born during 1945-1965 -- are an integral next step to addressing the viral hepatitis epidemic. We applaud the CDC's explicit statement that these new guidelines are complementary to, and not a...
BEIJING, Aug. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Sinovac Biotech Ltd. (the company) (NASDAQ: SVA), a leading provider of biopharmaceutical products in China, announced today its unaudited second quarter financial results for the period ended June 30, 2012. Sinovac is a China-based biopharmaceutical company that focuses on the research, development, manufacturing and commercialization of vaccine products. The company is making efforts to implement its business strategy to...
DALLAS, Aug. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Johnny's 'Hepatitis C, CURED' a Barnes and Noble bestselling book is a new hope for the 190 million people suffering from Hepatitis C in the world and it clearly gives the message that they do not have to die from a so called life-threatening disease. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120810/FL55969 ) 'Hepatitis C, CURED' describes Johnny's tough yet accomplishing journey. He refused Doctors' advice to transplant his liver - as...
Inefficient helper T cell response might explain why some patients relapse after clearing the infection Helper cells traditionally thought to only assist killer white blood cells may be the frontline warriors when battling hepatitis A infection. These are the findings from a Nationwide Children’s Hospital study appearing in a recent issue of the Journal of Experimental Medicine. Hepatitis A is a highly contagious liver infection caused by the hepatitis A virus. Despite the...
Foreign-born persons contribute more than 1 million additional HBV cases The prevalence of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in the U.S. may be as high as 2.2 million cases according to a new study now available in Hepatology, a journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases. Findings suggest the higher prevalence of chronic HBV can be attributed to foreign-born persons who were infected in their country of origin prior to...
Health and Medical Writers Invited to Attend Viral Hepatitis Workshop to Help Inform Silent Sufferers of Hepatitis Washington, D.C. (PRWEB) May 09, 2011 Join the Hepatitis Foundation International as they discuss current issues in viral hepatitis, including forthcoming therapies, shortcomings and improvements to existing treatment and prevention initiatives, and the need to identify the missing millions of people unknowingly suffering from hepatitis C. These and other topics including...
By Marcia Wood, ARSEating raw or undercooked mollusks may pose a safety hazard if they are harvested from waters polluted with pathogenic microbes, so U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists are studying ways to enhance the food safety of these popular shellfish.For example, USDA molecular biologist David H. Kingsley at Delaware State University in Dover is exploring new techniques that will decontaminate mollusks while protecting the seafood's flavor, texture, and color.Kingsley,...
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Hepatitis A, caused by hepatitis A virus, is an acute infectious disease of the liver that is transmitted person to person by ingestion of contaminated food or water or through direct contact with an infectious person. Millions of people are believed to become infected with HAV every year. The incubation period is two to six weeks and on average is 28 days. In less developed countries the HAV is usually contracted in early childhood. Clean water helps to decrease contraction of HAV. In 90%...
