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Hepatitis Weekly

Susan Hasty, Publisher

Table of Contents . . . December 15th, 1997

Non-Subscriber - Summaries Only

Related Areas: Other Issues in Hepatitis Weekly | Other Publications

Conference Coverage (AASLD) - Future of Hepatitis B Therapy Discussed

Conference Coverage (AASLD) - HGV Not Clinically Relevant in Transplant Patients

Conference Coverage (AASLD) - Higher Dose HBV Vaccine Needed for OLT Candidates

Conference Coverage (AASLD) - IFN/Ribavirin Useful in Refractory HCV Patients

Conference Coverage (AASLD) - Long-Term IFN Cost Effective in Those with Mild HCV

AIDS Therapies - New Upjohn Protease Inhibitor Kills Ritonavir-Resistant HIV

Cancer Therapies (AML) - Maxamine/IL-2 Combination Prolongs Disease-Free Survival In AML Patients

Epidemiology (HEV) - Porcine Virus Linked to Hepatitis E

Funding - NIH Contract and Grant Awards Announced

Industry News (Joint Venture) - Hepatitis C Inhibitors to be Developed

Industry News (Joint Venture) - Letters of Intent Signed To Commence Human HIV/AIDS Clinical Trials in Europe

Pediatrics (HAV) - French Study is a Reminder of Liver Failure Potential in Infected Children

Therapy (HCV) - Second Round of IFN Therapy Effective for Some Relapse Patients

Vaccine Development - DNA Vaccinations Promising New Technology, Says Report

Vaccine Development - Mycobacterial hsp70: A Universal CTL Vaccine Adjuvant?

Combination Therapies (HBV) - "Effectiveness of Combination Therapies with 3TC, Famciclovir, and Alpha Interferon against Woodchuck Hepatitis Virus Replication in Chronically-Infected Woodchucks: Model for Potential anti-HB

Disease Associations (HIV/HCV) - "Detrimental Influence of HIV Infection On the Outcome of Chronic Hepatitis C: A Multivariate Analysis."

Epidemiology (HBV) - "Intrafamilial Diffusion of HBV in Fuenlabrada-Leganes, Madrid, Spain."

Therapy (HBV) - "BMS-200475: Single Oral Dose Safety and Pharmacokinetic Study in Healthy Volunteers."

Therapy (HBV) - "Lobucavir Treatment for Chronic Hepatitis B Infection: A Placebo-Controlled Phase 1/2 Study."

Therapy (HBV) - "Pharmacokinetics of Lamivudine in Chronic Hepatitis B Virus-Infected Patients Undergoing Liver Transplantation."

Therapy (HBV) - "Sustained Antiviral Activity of 1-(2-fluoro-methy-b-L-arabinofuranosyl) Uracil (L-FMAU) in the Woodchuck Model of Hepatitis B Virus LEF

Therapy (HBV/HCV) - "Characterization and Clinical Significance of HBV and HCV Polymerase Mutations Before and During Antiviral Therapy."

At-Risk Populations - "Infection by Hepatitis B and C Virus in Female and Transsexual Greek Prostitutes with Serological Evidence of Active Syphilis."

Blood Banking (Safety) - "Potential Increased Risk of Virus Transmission Due to Exclusion of Older Donors Because of Concern Over Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease."

Blood Banking (Screening) - "Value and Cost-Effectiveness of Screening Blood Donors for Antibody to Hepatitis B Core Antigen as a Way of Detecting Window-Phase Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Infections."

Diagnostics (HCV) - "A Method for the Detection and Confirmation of Antibodies to Hepatitis C Virus in Dried Blood Spots."

Epidemiology (HEV) - "A Cluster of Acute Hepatitis E Infection in United Nations Bangladeshi Peacekeepers in Haiti."

Epidemiology (HGV) - "Short Report: Evidence of Worldwide Transmission of Hepatitis G Virus."

HBV Vaccines - "An Effective Intradermal Hepatitis B Vaccination."

HBV Vaccines - "Hepatitis B Vaccine Containing Surface Antigen and Selected preS1 and preS2 Sequences .1. Safety and Immunogenicity in Young, Healthy Adults."

HBV Vaccines - "Hepatitis B Vaccine Containing Surface Antigen and Selected preS1 and preS2 Sequences .2. Immunogenicity in Poor Responders to Hepatitis B Vaccines."

Therapy (HBV) - "Effect of Misoprostol on the Course of Viral Hepatitis B."

Therapy (HCV) - "Chronic Hepatitis C: The Viral Load Per Liver Cell before Treatment as a New Marker to Predict Long-Term Response to IFN-alpha Therapy."

Therapy (HCV) - "Class I HLA Antigens Hepatic Display and beta-2-Microglobulin Serum Values in Chronic Hepatitis C: Effect of Treatment with Recombinant alpha Interferon."

Transplantation (GBV-C) - "GB Virus C Infection in Patients Who Underwent Liver Transplantation."

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