Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . June 29th, 1998
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Risk Factors (HCV) - Lifetime Alcohol Use is Independent Cirrhosis Indicator
Conference Coverage (ASCO) - HCV Puts Childhood Cancer Survivors at Risk for Liver Disease
Genotyping (HDV) - Genotype III May Have Advantage Over Genotype I
Therapy (HCV) - Depression in Drug Using Patients Not Due to IFN
Transplantation (HDV) - Hepatitis Delta Virion Common Following OLT
Vaccine (HAV) - FDA Says Side Effects from Hepatitis A Vaccine Minimal
Vaccines (HBV) - Prescreening Sexually Active Teens Isn't Cost Effective
Behavior - Intervention Reduces High-Risk Sex Behavior
Blood Safety - Health Canada Issues Statement About Hepatitis C Infected Plasma
Conference Coverage (1st Annual Vaccine Research) - Effectiveness Studies Seen As Vaccine-Marketing Tool
Conference Coverage - New Treatments Further Complicate AIDS in U.S. Prisons
Hepatitis C Virus - Time-Limited Exclusion for Cocaine Use Would Result in Sizeable Blood Donor Loss
Therapy (HCV) - FDA Clears New Hepatitis C Treatment For Marketing
Hepatitis C - Hospitals Helping Study How Virus Transmits
Hepatitis C - Supplemental NDA Submitted for Use of Rebetron Combination Therapy
Immunizations - Oklahoma Approach To Hepatitis A Considered Innovative
Vaccine Development (HCV) - "Hepatitis C Virus-Like Particles Synthesized in Insect Cells as a Potential Candidate for HCV Vaccine Development."
Diagnostics (Antiviral Response) - "Predictive Value of the Timing of ALT and HCV RNA Responses in Defining Patients Who Will Have a Virologic-Sustained Response After Six Months of Interferon Therapy."
Novel Therapies (Cancer) - "Percutaneous Microwave Coagulation Therapy for Small Hepatocellular Carcinomas that Were Confirmed by Computed Tomography During Arterial Portography."
Therapy (HBV) - "Lamivudine Therapy in Patients with Anti HBe Positive Chronic Hepatitis B; End of Treatment Analysis."
Blood Banking (Safety) - "Incidence of Seroconversion to Positivity for Hepatitis C Antibody in Repeat Blood Donors in England, 1993-5."
Drug Resistance (HBV) - "Identification of More Than One Mutation in the Hepatitis B Virus Polymerase Gene Arising During Prolonged Lamivudine Treatment."
Transmission (GBV-C) - "Mother-to-Infant Transmission of GB Virus C/Hepatitis G Virus: The Role of High-Titered Maternal Viremia and Mode of Delivery."
Transmission (HBV) - "Neonatal Fulminant Hepatitis B: Structural and Functional Analysis of Complete Hepatitis B Virus Genomes From Mother and Infant."
Virology (HCV) - "In vivo Tropism of Hepatitis C Virus Genomic Sequences in Hematopoietic Cells: Influence of Viral Load, Viral Genotype, and Cell Phenotype."
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