Whole-exome sequencing of a multicenter cohort identifies genetic changes associated with clinical phenotypes in pediatric nephrotic syndrome by Jia Jiao, Li Wang, Fenfen Ni, Mo Wang, Shipin Feng, Xiaojie Gao, Han Chan, Xueying Yang, Hao Lee, Huan Chi, Xuelan Chen, Daoqi Wu, Gaofu Zhang, Baohui Yang, Anshuo Wang, Qin Yang, Junli Wan, Sijie Yu, Xiaoqin Li, Mei Wang, Xiaofeng Chen, Xianying Mai, Xiongzhong Ruan, Haiping Yang, Qiu Li

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Establishment and development of national community-based collaborative innovation demonstration areas to achieve the control target of hepatitis B in China by Bing Ruan, Zhixin Yu, Shigui Yang, Kaijin Xu, Jingjing Ren, Jun Yao, Nanping Wu, Chengbo Yu, Min Deng, Tiansheng Xie, Ping Chen, Chencheng Wang, Yiping Li, Yanhong Zhao, Jifang Sheng, Yunde Hou, Zunyou Wu, Shuigao Jin, Yude Chen, Mengfeng Li, Fengcai Zhu, Hong Tang, Yuantao Hao, Xinghuo Pang, Lin Lu, Wen Yang, Zhengan Yuan, Aiqiang Xu, Zizhao Li, Mingjian Ni, Yongping Yan, Qiu Zhong, Lin Zhou, Guojian Li, Qun Meng, Jianping Hu, Hong Zhou, Guangyu Zhang, Dexin Li, Wei Jiang, Qing Li, Peixin Wu, Ruoqi Xing, Jinhui Gu, Di Gao, Lanjuan Li

“…Trial registration The project was funded by the Major Projects of Science Research for the 11th and 12th five-year plans of China, entitled “The prevention and control of AIDS, viral hepatitis and other major infectious diseases”, Grant Nos. 2009ZX10004901, 2011ZX10004901, 2013ZX10004904, 2014ZX10004007 and 2014ZX10004008.…”
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Reacções adversas aos antibacilares em doentes internados: Gravidade e factores de risco Adverse reactions to antituberculosis drugs in in-hospital patients: Severity and risk fact... by Ana Sofia Vilariça, Nelson Diogo, Mota André, Jaime Pina

“…In the predictive model, hepatic reactions were associated with viral hepatitis B and/or C (RR 2.5, CI; 1.2-5.1) and that CD4 levels <350 cells/mm3 (RR 5.5; CI 1.6-18.6). …”
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Persistence of spike-specific immune responses in BNT162b2-vaccinated donors and generation of rapid ex-vivo T cells expansion protocol for adoptive immunotherapy: A pilot study by Sarra Mestiri, Sarra Mestiri, Maysaloun Merhi, Maysaloun Merhi, Varghese P. Inchakalody, Varghese P. Inchakalody, Nassiba Taib, Nassiba Taib, Maria K. Smatti, Fareed Ahmad, Fareed Ahmad, Afsheen Raza, Afsheen Raza, Fatma H. Ali, Shereena Hydrose, Shereena Hydrose, Queenie Fernandes, Queenie Fernandes, Abdul W. Ansari, Abdul W. Ansari, Fairooz Sahir, Lobna Al-Zaidan, Lobna Al-Zaidan, Munir Jalis, Munir Jalis, Mokhtar Ghoul, Mokhtar Ghoul, Niloofar Allahverdi, Niloofar Allahverdi, Mohammed U. Al Homsi, Shahab Uddin, Shahab Uddin, Andrew Martin Jeremijenko, Mai Nimir, Laith J. Abu-Raddad, Laith J. Abu-Raddad, Laith J. Abu-Raddad, Fatma Ben Abid, Ahmed Zaqout, Sameer R. Alfheid, Hassan Mohamed Hassan Saqr, Ali S. Omrani, Ali S. Omrani, Ali Ait Hssain, Muna Al Maslamani, Hadi M. Yassine, Said Dermime, Said Dermime

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Pre-existing immunity to SARS-CoV-2 before the COVID-19 pandemic era in Cameroon: A comparative analysis according to HIV-status by Abba Aissatou, Abba Aissatou, Joseph Fokam, Joseph Fokam, Joseph Fokam, Joseph Fokam, Ezechiel Ngoufack Jagni Semengue, Ezechiel Ngoufack Jagni Semengue, Ezechiel Ngoufack Jagni Semengue, Désiré Takou, Aude Christelle Ka’e, Aude Christelle Ka’e, Collins Chenwi Ambe, Collins Chenwi Ambe, Alex Durand Nka, Alex Durand Nka, Alex Durand Nka, Sandrine Claire Djupsa, Grâce Beloumou, Laura Ciaffi, Michel Carlos Tommo Tchouaket, Michel Carlos Tommo Tchouaket, Audrey Rachel Mundo Nayang, Willy Leroi Togna Pabo, René Ghislain Essomba, René Ghislain Essomba, René Ghislain Essomba, Edie G. E. Halle, Marie-Claire Okomo, Marie-Claire Okomo, Marie-Claire Okomo, Anne-Cecile ZK. Bissek, Rose Leke, Rose Leke, Yap Boum, Georges Alain Etoundi Mballa, Georges Alain Etoundi Mballa, Carla Montesano, Carlo-Federico Perno, Vittorio Colizzi, Vittorio Colizzi, Vittorio Colizzi, Alexis Ndjolo, Alexis Ndjolo

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Time to establish an international vaccine candidate pool for potential highly infectious respiratory disease: a community’s view by Lan Yao, Hiam Chemaitelly, Emanuel Goldman, Esayas Kebede Gudina, Asma Khalil, Rahaman Ahmed, Ayorinde Babatunde James, Anna Roca, Mosoka Papa Fallah, Andrew Macnab, William C. Cho, John Eikelboom, Farah Naz Qamar, Peter Kremsner, Miquel Oliu-Barton, Ivan Sisa, Birkneh Tilahun Tadesse, Florian Marks, Lishi Wang, Jerome H. Kim, Xia Meng, Yongjun Wang, Alyce D. Fly, Cong-Yi Wang, Sara W. Day, Scott C. Howard, J. Carolyn Graff, Marcello Maida, Kunal Ray, Carlos Franco-Paredes, Tapfumanei Mashe, Ngashi Ngongo, Jean Kaseya, Nicaise Ndembi, Yu Hu, Maria Elena Bottazzi, Peter J. Hotez, Ken J. Ishii, Gang Wang, Dianjun Sun, Lotfi Aleya, Weikuan Gu

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COVID-19 Ventilator Allocation Protocols are Poised to Disadvantage African Americans by Michael Menconi

“…“Health Disparities in HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, and Tuberculosis in the United States.” (2007). https://www.cdc.gov/nchhstp/healthdisparities/docs/nchhstphealthdisparitiesreport1107.pdf…”
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Impact of hepatitis virus infection on arterial calcification among incident hemodialysis patients by Ahmed Fayed, Ahmed Soliman, Hossam El Mahdy, Wael Hamza, Dina O. Abdulazim, Mona M. Salem, Usama A. Sharaf El Din

“…In HCV group, all patients with low viremia had intimal solitary plaque of calcification, all patients with moderate viremia had multiple plaques of medial calcification, while all patients with high viremia had diffuse intimal and medial calcification. Both groups of viral hepatitis were significantly different in comparison to SN group in either distribution or calcification score (P < 0.001 in all).HBV group had significantly lower serum P, CaxP and PTH in comparison to SN group (4.6 ± 0.66 vs. 5.45 ± 0.77 mg/dL, 36.4 ± 7.2 vs. 44.1 ± 8.69, and 348 ± 65.4 vs. 405.9 ± 83.2 pg/mL, P < 0.001, <0.001, and 0.035 respectively). …”
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Bivalent intra-spike binding provides durability against emergent Omicron lineages: Results from a global consortium by Heather M. Callaway, Kathryn M. Hastie, Sharon L. Schendel, Haoyang Li, Xiaoying Yu, Jeremy Shek, Tierra Buck, Sean Hui, Dan Bedinger, Camille Troup, S. Moses Dennison, Kan Li, Michael D. Alpert, Charles C. Bailey, Sharon Benzeno, Jody L. Bonnevier, Jin-Qiu Chen, Charm Chen, Hyeseon Cho, Peter D. Crompton, Vincent Dussupt, Kevin C. Entzminger, Yassine Ezzyat, Jonathan K. Fleming, Nick Geukens, Amy E. Gilbert, Yongjun Guan, Xiaojian Han, Christopher J. Harvey, Julia M. Hatler, Bryan Howie, Chao Hu, Ailong Huang, Maya Imbrechts, Aishun Jin, Nik Kamachi, Gladys Keitany, Mark Klinger, Jay K. Kolls, Shelly J. Krebs, Tingting Li, Feiyan Luo, Toshiaki Maruyama, Michael A. Meehl, Letzibeth Mendez-Rivera, Andrea Musa, C.J. Okumura, Benjamin E.R. Rubin, Aaron K. Sato, Meiying Shen, Anirudh Singh, Shuyi Song, Joshua Tan, Jeffrey M. Trimarchi, Dhruvkumar P. Upadhyay, Yingming Wang, Lei Yu, Tom Z. Yuan, Erik Yusko, Bjoern Peters, Georgia Tomaras, Erica Ollmann Saphire

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Impact of hepatitis virus infection on arterial calcification among incident hemodialysis patients by Ahmed Fayed, Ahmed Soliman, Hossam El Mahdy, Wael Hamza, Dina O. Abdulazim, Mona M. Salem, Usama A. Sharaf El Din

“…In HCV group, all patients with low viremia had intimal solitary plaque of calcification, all patients with moderate viremia had multiple plaques of medial calcification, while all patients with high viremia had diffuse intimal and medial calcification. Both groups of viral hepatitis were significantly different in comparison to SN group in either distribution or calcification score (P < 0.001 in all).HBV group had significantly lower serum P, CaxP and PTH in comparison to SN group (4.6 ± 0.66 vs. 5.45 ± 0.77 mg/dL, 36.4 ± 7.2 vs. 44.1 ± 8.69, and 348 ± 65.4 vs. 405.9 ± 83.2 pg/mL, P < 0.001, <0.001, and 0.035 respectively). …”
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Molecular and Cellular Studies of Human Hepatitis B Virus Variants by Ong, Hooi Tin

“…Despite unceasing efforts of the medical community, hepatitis B remains, besides hepatitis C, the most serious type of viral hepatitis and one of the major problems of global public health. …”
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OP-4 IMPLEMENTATION OF A RE-LINKAGE TO CARE STRATEGY IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC HEPATITIS C WHO WERE LOST TO FOLLOW-UP IN LATIN AMERICA by Manuel Mendizabal, Marcos Thompson, Esteban Gonzalez-Ballerga, Margarita Anders, Graciela E Castro-Narro, Mario G Pessoa, Hugo Cheinquer, Gabriel Mezzano, Ana Palazzo, Ezequiel Ridruejo, Valeria Descalzi, Jose A Velarde-Ruiz Velasco, Sebastian Marciano, Linda Muñoz, Maria I Schinoni, Jaime Poniachik, Rosalía Perazzo, Eira Cerda, Francisco Fuster, Adriana Varon, Sandro Ruiz García, Alejandro Soza, Cecilia Cabrera, Andres J Gomez-Aldana, Flor de María Beltrán, Solange Gerona, Daniel Cocozzella, Fernando Bessone, Nelia Hernández, Cristina Alonso, Melina Ferreiro, Florencia Antinucci, Aldo Torre, Bruna D Moutinho, Silvia Coelho Borges, Fernando Gomez, Maria Dolores Murga, Federico Piñero, Gisela F Sotera, Jhonier A Ocampo, Valeria A Cortés Mollinedo, Marcos Girala, Pedro Montes, Natalia Ratusnu, Claudia A Zuñagua, Lida Castillo, Mauricio Castillo Barradas, Rocío Chávez, Cláudia Ivantes, Julia Brutti, Laura Tenorio, Jorge Garavito, Katherine Zevallos, Fernando Contreras, Mirtha Infante, Emilia Vera-Pozo, Martín Tagle, Luis G Toro, Carlos A De La Rocha, Daniela Simian, Marcelo O Silva

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To Abort or Not to Abort by Jane Kang

“…In 2009, the abortion law in South Korea was revised so that the deadline for a legal abortion was moved from 28 weeks to 24 weeks, and certain diseases (such as viral hepatitis) were removed from the list of accepted reasons for abortion. …”
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Rituximab compared to intravenous cyclophosphamide in adults with connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung disease: the RECITAL RCT by Toby M Maher, Veronica A Tudor, Peter Saunders, Fernando Zanghelini, Carlota Grossi Sampedro, Georgios Xydopoulos, Michael Gibbons, Sophie V Fletcher, Christopher P Denton, Maria Kokosi, Rachel K Hoyles, Helen Parfrey, Elisabetta A Renzoni, Athol U Wells, Deborah Ashby, Richard J Fordham, Matyas Szigeti, Philip L Molyneaux

“…Suspected or proven untreated tuberculosis. Viral hepatitis. Infection requiring antibiotic treatment in the preceding 4 weeks. …”
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The Clinical Impact of AST-Platelet Ratio Index for Non-invasive Hepatic Fibrosis in the Patients with Chronic Hepatitis B by Nae-Yun Heo

“…Article: The Performance of Serum Biomarkers for Predicting Fibrosis in Patients with Chronic Viral Hepatitis…”
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Epidemiology Of Alcoholic Liver Disease by А.Г. Мартынова, Н.Ю. Папшицкая, В.Т. Субботина, В.Б. Лифшиц, С.П. Сернов, К.Г. Аредаков В.И. Шульгин

“…The risk of development and disease progression are determined by the effect of endogenous and exogenous factors: &quot;drinking mode&quot;, female gender, heredity and genetic predisposition, obesity, concomitant viral hepatitis…”
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Hepatitis A Vaccines; Is It Needed in Turkey ? by Altınay BİLGİÇ

“…Viral hepatitis A is an important public health problem all over the world. …”
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Clostridium difficile infection in patients with chronic hepatic disease by Liliana Baroiu, Manuela Arbune, Alina Iancu, Caterina Dumitru, Gabriela Lupasteanu, Miruna Draganescu, Mihaela Debita, Sorin Rugina

“…Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) associates in the spectrum of comorbidities, more and more often, chronic toxic metabolic or viral hepatic diseases. Patients with chronic hepatic diseases have more severe episodes of CDI with poorer prognosis than episodes of CDI that have occurred in patients with other comorbidities. …”
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FEATURES OF CEREBRAL HEMODYNAMICS AND MANIFESTATIONS OF HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY IN CIRRHOSIS OF VIRAL ETIOLOGY AT DIFFERENT COMPENSATION STAGES WITH PRESERVED LEFT VENTRICULAR EJECT... by V. E. Kulikov, T. A. Emelina, O. G. Kazakova, K. V. Nikolaevа, M. E. Hapman, M. A. Tonеeva

“…Chronic hepatic encephalopathy of all stages can occur in the presence of discirculatory disorders with the development of chronic cerebrovascular insufficiency in viral hepatic cirrhosis A, B, C classes with different serum levels of interleukin-2, interleukin-6 and tumor necrosis factor alpha and preserved systolic function of the left ventricle. …”
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Hepatitis Vaccines by Sina Ogholikhan, Kathleen B. Schwarz

“…Viral hepatitis is a serious health problem all over the world. …”
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