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Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Researchers at University Hospital target inflammatory bowel disease

Published in Vaccine Weekly, June 9th, 2010

Scientists discuss in 'Prevalence of hepatitis B and C and risk factors for nonvaccination in inflammatory bowel disease patients in Northeast France' new findings in inflammatory bowel disease. According to a study from France, "Data regarding the prevalence of hepatitis C (HCV) and hepatitis B (HBV) in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients are conflicting. In all, 315 IBD (252 Crohn's disease [CD] and 63 ulcerative colitis [UC]) patients were consecutively recruited between June 2005 and May 2009."

"The median age was 33 years (interquartile range [IQR]: 24-43) and median disease duration was 5 years (IQR: 2-11). Present and/or past HBV and HCV infection was found...

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