Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . February 10th, 1997
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Retrovirus Conference - AIDS Organizations Call for National Conference Expansion
Genotyping (HCV) - Specific Genotype Does Not Impact Disease Course
Blood Banking (Screening) - Product-Development Collaboration Announced
Diagnostics (HCV) - Detection Kits Should Include Anti-E2
Immunology (HCV) - Hepatitis C Critical in MC Lymphomagenesis
Immunology (HCV) - MHC Gene May Protect Against Hepatitis C
Immunology (HCV) - HVR1 of E2 May Elicit Immunity
Industry News (Patents and Technology) - European Patent Extension Lawsuit Decision Announced
Mutagenesis (HBV) - Codon 52 of MBP Mutation Linked to Chronic Infection in Caucasians
Pathogenesis (HCV) - Hepatitis C Patients Routinely Have Iron Overload
Antisense Therapy (Hepatitis) - "External Guide Sequences (EGSs) - Harnessing the Ribozyme RNase P to Develop Therapeutics."
Diagnostics (Hepatitis) - "Detection of Hepatitis G/GB-C Viral RNA but not HCV RNA in the Different Semen Fractions of Infected Patients."
Immunology (Hepatitis) - "Production of Specific Human Monoclonal Antibodies to Hepatitis B Virus by Human Lymphocytes Engrafted in Normal Strains of Mice."
Transmission (Hepatitis) - "Nosocomial Transmission of Hepatitis B in Heart Transplant Recipients."
Vaccine Comparison (Hepatitis) - "Comparison of Two Monodose Inactivated Hepatitis A Vaccines."
Vaccine Development (Hepatitis) - "Comparison Between Hepatitis B Surface Antigen (HBsAg) Particles Derived from Mammalian (CHO) Cells (CHO-HBsAg) and from Yeast (Hansenula polymorp
Vaccine Evaluations (Hepatitis) - "Comparative Immunogenicity of Two Hepatitis A Vaccines, VAQTA(tm) Vs. HAVRIX(tm)."
Blood Banking (Blood Products and HCV) - "Transmission of Hepatitis C Virus in Allografted Patients: Use of Viral Genotyping as an Epidemiological Marker."
Diagnostics (HBV) - "Comparison of Three Different Hybridization Assays in the Quantitative Measurement of Serum Hepatitis B Virus DNA."
Diagnostics (HCV) - "Analytical and Laboratory Evaluation of a New Fully-Automated Third Generation Enzyme Immunoassay for the Detection of Antibodies to the Hepatitis C Virus."
Diagnostics (HCV) - "Antibody Responses to the Hepatitis C Virus E2 Protein: Relationship, to Viraemia and Prevalence in Anti-HCV Seronegative Subjects."
Diagnostics (HCV) - "Assessment of Commercial Enzyme Immunoassay for Hepatitis C Virus Serotyping."
Drug Development (HCV) - "Generation of a Novel Poliovirus with a Requirement of Hepatitis C Virus Protease NS3 Activity."
Epidemiology (HBV) - "Hepatitis B Infection in Households of HBsAg Positive New Zealand Children."
HBV Vaccines - "Targeted Hepatitis B Vaccination - A Cost Effective Immunisation Strategy for the UK?"
Hemophilia (HCV) - "Hepatitis C Virus Genotypes in Haemophiliacs: Kinetics and Reappraisal of Mixed Infections."
Mixed Cryoglobulinemia (HCV) - "Detection and Distribution of Hepatitis C Virus-Related Proteins in Lymph Nodes of Patients with Type II Mixed Cryoglobulinemia and Neoplastic or Non-Neoplastic Lymphoproliferation."
Occupational Exposure - "Randomized Prospective Study of the Impact of Three Needleless Intravenous Systems on Needlestick Injury Rates."
Occupational Risk (HBV) - "Use of the Hepatitis-B Vaccine and Infection with Hepatitis B and C among Orthopaedic Surgeons."
Osteosclerosis (HCV) - "Acquired Osteosclerosis Associated with Intravenous Drug Use and Hepatitis C Infection."
Pathology (HCV) - "Detection and Typing of Hepatitis C RNA in Liver Biopsies and Its Relation to Histopathology."
Pathology (HCV) - "Histological Features Predictive of Liver Fibrosis in Chronic Hepatitis C Infection."
Screening (HBV) - "Variation in the Sensitivity of HBsAg Screening Kits."
Therapy (HCV) - "A Randomized Controlled Trial of High-Dose Maintenance Interferon Therapy in Chronic Hepatitis C."
Therapy (HCV) - "Biological Responses to Administered Interferon in Alcoholics."
Transplantation (Liver) - "De novo Hepatitis B and C Viral Infection after Liver Transplantation."
Transplantation (Liver) - "Hepatitis-B-Virus Resistance to Lamivudine Given for Recurrent Infection after Orthotopic Liver Transplantation."
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