The article reports on the results of a randomised noninferiority trial conducted in Kazakhstan which found that hepatitis A vaccine is equal to immunoglobulins for the post-exposure prophylaxis of hepatitis A. In per-protocol population of 1090 persons, the development of laboratory-confirmed ...
What is Post Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP)? In the case of hepatitis A, PEP works as an injection of either the hepatitis A vaccine or immune globulin. Postexposure prophylaxis simply means to attempt at blocking or treating a disease after exposure. If you have ever been exposed to someone or...
Paul A. Pham, Pharm.D., John G. Bartlett, M.D. INDICATIONS INDICATIONS INDICATIONS FDA FDA FDA Post-exposure prophylaxis after parenteral, sexual, mucocutaneous, and oral exposure Perinatal exposure of infants born to HBsAg-positive mothers (HepaGamB) There's more to see -- the rest of this...
Looking for future forms of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), scientistsconducteda study in monkeys that showed that a new class of ARV was so effective at a low dose that humans could possibly take just 0.25 milligrams of the drug MK-8591 once a week and still achieve good protection against...
Of note, only seven of the 25 people who tested positive for HCV had ever heard of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), and none were currently using it. Three of the 98 individuals tested for HIV (3%) were found to be positive, including one with HIV and HCV coinfection. One person...
母体使用富马酸替诺福韦酯阻断母婴传播乙肝病毒效果159hep27837.pdf,Efficacy of Maternal Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate in Interrupting Mother-to-Infant Transmission of Hepatitis B Virus Huey-Ling Chen,1,2,3 Chien-Nan Lee,4 Chin-Hao Chang,5 Yen-Hsuan Ni, 1
The researchers identified convincing evidence that universal prenatal screening reduced perinatal transmission of HBV and chronic HBV infection. Adequate evidence was found that vaccination of all infants against HBV infection and providing postexposure prophylaxis with hepatitis B immune globulin at birth to...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention collaborated with state public health officials and the Food and Drug Administration to control a multistate outbreak of hepatitis A virus (HAV) in the United States during May–July 2013 (http://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis/Outbreaks/2013/A1b-03-31/...
Hep A vaccine vs immune globulin for postexposure prophylaxisJohn VictorNews
Rabies virus (RABV) causes fatal neurological disease. Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) using inactivated-virus vaccines are the most effective measures to prevent rabies. In Japan, HEP-Flury, the viral strain, used as a human rabies vaccine, has historically ...