Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . September 27th, 1999
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At-Risk Populations (HCV) - Quasispecies Change May Explain Poor Response to IFN
Drug Resistance - Model for Lamivudine Resistance Revealed
Drug Resistance - Natural Protein Pumps Nucleoside Analogs Out of Cells
Interferon Therapy - TNF-I Is Marker of Interferon Administration
Interferon Therapy (HBV) - Patients with Hepatitis B Benefit from IFN
Interferon Therapy (HCV) - Patients with Thyroid Autoantibodies Are Candidates for IFN
Transmission (HCV) - Blood Recipients in India Still Face HCV Risk
Bone Marrow Transplantation (HGV Infection) - Impact of HGV on BMT Recipients Evaluated
Drug Development - 2,6-Diaminopurine Z-Prodrug Has Antiviral Properties
Epidemiology (HCV) - New Jersey Now Requiring Reports of All Hepatitis C Cases
Industry News (Funding) - Boston Biomedica Awarded Three NIH SBIR Grants
Testing (ALT) - Clearance Announced for ALT Test
Therapeutic Indicators - Viral RNA Persistence in PBMCs Point to Treatment Failure
Combination Therapy (Adverse Events) - "Unilateral Loss of Vision Associated with Intron A and Ribavirin Combination Therapy for Chronic Hepatitis C: Report of a Case."
Passive Immunotherapy (HBV) - "Long-Term Results of Liver Transplantation in HBSAG Positive Patients Receiving Anti-HBS Passive Immunoprophylaxis. A Single Center Experience."
Combination Therapy (HCV) - "Effects of Combined Intron-A/Ribavirin Therapy on Previously Untreated Chronic Hepatitis C Patients."
Epidemiology (HBV) - "The Expected Number of Births to Women with Chronic Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) Infections in the U.S.: A Meta-Analysis."
Diagnostics (HBV) - "Automated Quantitative Analysis of Hepatitis B Virus DNA by Using the Cobas Amplicor HBV Monitor Test."
Diagnostics (HCV) - "Performance of Serological Typing of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) in Patients Who Have Cleared HCV-RNA From Their Serum."
Drug Development - "Synthesis and Antiviral Activity of Phosphoralaninate Derivatives of Methylenecyclopropane Analogues of Nucleosides."
HIV/HBV Coinfection - "Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) Mutations Associated With Resistance to Lamivudine in Patients Coinfected With HBV and Human Immunodeficiency Virus."
Therapy (HCV) - "Hepatitis C: An Economic Evaluation of Extended Treatment With Interferon."
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