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Hepatitis B

  1. Kenya: Centre for Training on Blood Safety Launched
    AllAfrica.com logo AllAfrica.com 9 hours ago

    The move comes amid concerns over rising work-related infections of HIV, Hepatitis B and other diseases among medical workers. Medical Services minister Anyang' Nyong'o said yesterday the centre, based at the Kenya Medical Training College in Nairobi,...

  2. Use of Hepatitis B Vaccination for Adults With Diabetes Mellitus: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) [From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]
    JAMA logo JAMA 1 day ago

    B virus (HBV) causes acute and chronic infection of the liver leading to substantial morbidity and mortality. In the United States, since 1996, a total of 29 outbreaks of HBV infection in one or multiple long-term–care (LTC) facilities, including...

  3. That’s why it’s important for us to give newborns a Hepatitis B vaccine within the first 12 hours after birth to protect them against liver cancer in their adult years
    SOURCE: The Jakarta Post 4 weeks ago
  4. Dynavax Technologies Corporation Release: Phase 3 Data on HEPLISAV(TM) in Adults Aged 18-55 Published in
    Biospace logo Biospace 2 days ago

    Superiority of the seroprotection rates for HEPLISAV was demonstrated at all time points measured. Dynavax plans to submit the BLA for HEPLISAV by the middle of May for an indication in adults 18-70 years of age. About HEPLISAV HEPLISAV is an...

  5. Future US Transfusion Diagnostic Testing Market Outlook
    PR Newswire logo PR Newswire 2 days ago

    Testing- Methods of HIV-Antigen Detection- Antigen Assays and Blood Screening- Urine Tests- DNA Probes- Overview- Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction- In Situ PCR- Needed Improvements- Viral Load/Drug Resistance Testing- Genotype and Phenotype...

  6. Future Microbiology Testing Market Outlook: Growth Opportunities and Business Expansion Strategies
    Market Research Reports 5 days ago

    0 Participants in Controlled Clinical Trials 0 Patients with Refractory Peptic Ulcer 0 Patients with Refractory NUD 0 Patients in High-Risk Groups for Gastric Cancer 33. Hepatitis a. Background b. Hepatitis A c. Hepatitis B d. Hepatitis C 0...

  7. As the Elisa machine is currently sitting idle, we had been using kits to test blood samples. But we used up all our Hepatitis B test kits a week back and since then, all donors are being sent to the Regional Blood Transfusion Centre at the North Bengal Medical College and Hospital (NBMCH)
    SOURCE: Calcutta Telegraph 1 month ago
  8. Hepatitis B
    YouTube Logo YouTube Videos 21 months ago
  9. Hepatitis contest may win you World Cup ticket
    Times of India logo Times of India 6 days ago

    The soccer World Cup is the biggest sporting event in the world where we will reach out to the masses," said LFWB director Partha Sarathi Mukherjee. A quiz competition on Hepatitis B and C among school children of classes IX to XII will see two members...

  10. SeraCare Rolls Out New Products
    Worcester Business Journal Online logo Worcester Business Journal Online 6 days ago

    The new products are designed for SeraCare customers that include clinical laboratories, researchers and diagnostic manufacturers, and are will allow them to improve their ability to test for Fifth Disease, HIV, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis A, Chlamydia trachomatis...

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About Hepatitis B

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Hepatitis B virus infects the liver of hominoidae, including humans, and causes an inflammation called hepatitis. It is a DNA virus and one of many unrelated viruses that cause viral hepatitis. The disease was originally known as "serum hepatitis" and has caused epidemics in parts of Asia and Africa. Hepatitis B is endemic in China and various... Full Article

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  1. That’s why it’s important for us to give newborns a Hepatitis B vaccine within the first 12 hours after birth to protect them against liver cancer in their adult years
    SOURCE: The Jakarta Post 4 weeks ago
  2. As the Elisa machine is currently sitting idle, we had been using kits to test blood samples. But we used up all our Hepatitis B test kits a week back and since then, all donors are being sent to the Regional Blood Transfusion Centre at the North Bengal Medical College and Hospital (NBMCH)
    SOURCE: Calcutta Telegraph 1 month ago
  3. The RBTC authorities said they did not have stocks now and had made a requisition before Swasthya Bhawan for kits. Still, they provided us with around 20 test kits for Hepatitis B to tide over the current crisis and assured us that the stock would be replenished soon
    SOURCE: Calcutta Telegraph 1 month ago
  4. They will be critical to the development of a vaccine for Hepatitis C, which currently does not exist, and for developing therapies to cure people with Hepatitis B and C ... Our practices are sound and humane, and they are guided by and done in compliance with the Animal Welfare Act.
    SOURCE: San Antonio Express 2 months ago
  5. The potential risk of infectious spread from tattooing (particularly due to Hepatitis B) is high enough that it is a practice that should be avoided by pregnant women to safeguard the health of the baby (and that of the pregnant woman herself) whose immune system is down regulated and is much more vulne...
    SOURCE: Quad-Cities Online 2 months ago
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