Although preventive measures against hepatitis B including vaccination have decreased the prevalence of hepatitis D, there is no effective way of preventing HDV infection in HBV carriers in endemic areas. This can only be achieved by educating such individuals to prevent further exposures to risk ...
Discussion 2017 is the first year that the first DAA combination (DAC tablet and ASV capsule) were marketed for treatment of adult chronic hepatitis C in Chinese mainland [38]. DAA options gradually increased afterwards. China updated the national guideline for the prevention and treatment of hepa...
Hepatology Society of the Philippines (HSP) Indian National Association for Study of the Liver (INASL) Indonesian Association for the Study of the Liver South Asian Association for the Study of the Liver The Japan Society of Hepatology The Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver [...
Awareness and knowledge of hepatitis B infection and prevention and the use of hepatitis B vaccination in the Hong Kong adult Chinese population. Chin Med J. 2012;125(3):422–7. 8. World Health Organization. Guidelines for the screening, care and treatment of persons with hepatitis C ...
In these countries with high-prevalence populations, infant vaccination against HBV is crucial. Most of the countries in South-East Asia have achieved > 90% HepB3 coverage (excepting a few countries like Indonesia, Lao PDR, Philippines, Timor-Leste, and Vietnam) and > 50% of HepB...
This guideline covers the full spectrum of care of patients infected with hepatitis B, including new terminology, natural history, screening, vaccination, counseling, diagnosis, assessment of the stage of liver disease, the indications, timing, choice and duration of single or combination of ...
In the Asian-Pacific region, except Australia, Iran, New Zealand, Philippines and Thailand, HCV GT-1b is the main subgenotype in HCV GT-1 [3]. During the interferon era, HCV GT-1 was the most intractable among all HCV GTs when patients were treated with peginterferon plus ribavirin [1...
In a study from the Philippines, seroprotection rates one month after vaccination series with DTaP-HBV/Hib was higher in infants who also received a BD vaccine, 94.3% compared to 87.6% in infants who received the combination vaccine only [69]. Taken together, these data provide support for ...