Impact of Point-of-Care Testing on Diagnosis, Treatment, and Surveillance of Vaccine-Preventable Viral Infections by Kirthika Lakshmanan, Benjamin M. Liu

“…We underscore the importance of continued research to optimize these diagnostic tools for wider global use for mpox, viral hepatitis, influenza, dengue, and COVID-19, while also addressing current challenges related to their sensitivity, specificity, availability, efficiency, and more.…”
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A Curious Case of Dengue Fever: A Case Report of Unorthodox Manifestations by Raja Shakeel Mushtaque, Syed Masroor Ahmad, Rabia Mushtaque, Shahbano Baloch

“…The patient’s bone marrow biopsy showed hemophagocytic activity. He also developed hepatitis E infection while hepatitis A, B, or C serology profile showed no active infection. …”
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Diphenhydramine as a Cause of Drug-Induced Liver Injury by Yunseok Namn, Yecheskel Schneider, Isabelle H. Cui, Arun Jesudian

“…Drug-induced liver injury (DILI) is the most common cause of acute liver failure in the Unites States and accounts for 10% of acute hepatitis cases. We report the only known case of diphenhydramine-induced acute liver injury in the absence of concomitant medications. …”
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Unexplained Findings of Kayser-Fleischer-Like Rings in a Patient with Cryptogenic Cirrhosis by Mahreema Jawairia, Miral Subhani, Ghulam Siddiqui, Apsara Prasad, Ghulamullah Shahzad, Kaleem Rizvon, Paul Mustacchia

“…Cryptogenic cirrhosis (CC) is defined as cirrhosis occurring in an individual without an identifiable cause of liver disease, such as excessive alcohol consumption, viral hepatitis infection, hemochromatosis, autoimmune hepatitis, primary biliary cirrhosis, primary sclerosing cholangitis, chronic intake of medications that could induce cirrhosis, alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency, Wilson’s disease, or any other rare cause of cirrhosis according to the clinical context. …”
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Liver Cirrhosis: A Seven Year Follow-Up by TS Paul Tran, S Victor Feinman, Barnet Berris

“…The etiology of the cirrhosis was alcoholic in 52%, cryptogenic in 29.8%, hepatitis B-related in 9.1% and miscellaneous in 9.1%. …”
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Recent trends in studying of alcohol-induced liver disease by I. I. Komkova, M. S. Zharkova, M. V. Mayevskaya

“…At treatment of patients with severe alcohol-induced hepatitis corticosteroids considerably increasing 28-day's survival rate are actively applied. …”
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Characterization of Chronic Kidney Disease Patients Undergoing Hemodialysis by Niovis Sosa Barberena, Roberto Angel Polo Amarante, Sandra Nancy Mendez Rogríguez, Mabel Sosa Barberena

“…An arteriovenous fistula was used in 81.3% of cases. Hepatitis C showed a high prevalence. <br /><strong>Conclusion:</strong> renal disease is more common in men of working age in Cienfuegos municipality. …”
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Associations between Extracellular Matrix Protein 1 Gene Polymorphism and Progression of Liver Disease by Xiuting He, Ting Liu, Rui Zhang, Xu Li

“…Of the disease group, 104 cases had chronic hepatitis B (CHB), 266 had LC, and 286 had hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). …”
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The theses for MD degree by article Editorial

“…Korotchayeva – Clinical value of IL-6 assessment in blood serum and urine and cytochrome Р450 in liver tissue at chronic hepatitis C patients.L.R. Idrisova – Value of a latent HBV-infection in progression of chronic liver diseases.T.A. …”
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Effect of Intervention of Vaccination and Treatment on the Transmission Dynamics of HBV Disease: A Mathematical Model Analysis by Firaol Asfaw Wodajo, Temesgen Tibebu Mekonnen

“…Hepatitis B is a globally infectious disease. It is pretty contagious and can be transmitted by blood or bodily fluids, through things like sharing razors and toothbrushes. …”
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Plasma α-Glutathione S-Transferase Evaluation in Patients with Acute and Chronic Liver Injury by Jolanta Czuczejko, Celestyna Mila-Kierzenkowska, Karolina Szewczyk-Golec

“…The patients were divided into three groups: group I (acute viral hepatitis B or C), group II (chronic hepatitis B or C), and group III (chronic liver disease or cirrhosis with different etiologies). …”
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Immune-metabolic shifts in acute liver failure caused by HEV infection during pregnancy and their association with obstetric outcomes by Anoushka Saxena, Minal, Prabhjyoti Pahwa, Jaswinder Singh Maras, Hamda Siddiqui, Jayesh Kumar Sevak, Yedla Manikya Mala, Shakun Tyagi, Shiv K. Sarin, Nirupama Trehanpati

“…Background:. Hepatitis-E virus (HEV)-induced liver failure during pregnancy leads to maternal and fetal complications. …”
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Prevalence of communicable, non-communicable diseases, disabilities and related risk factors in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan: Findings from the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Integrated Populat... by Ziaul Haq, Saima Afaq, Muhammad Ibrahim, Zala, Muhammad Asim

“…Among the included CDs, hepatitis B and C (0.5% and 0.8%, respectively) are most prevalent. …”
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Reestablishment of Active Immunity against HBV Graft Reinfection after Liver Transplantation for HBV-Related End Stage Liver Disease by Shi-Chun Lu, Tao Jiang, Wei Lai, Yuan Liu, Jing Zhang, Dao-Bing Zeng, Chuan-Yun Li, Meng-Long Wang, Dong-Dong Lin, Yue Zhu, You-Ping Li, Ning Li

“…The aim of this study was to establish a hepatitis B virus (HBV) vaccination protocol among orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) recipients under the coverage of a low-dose hepatitis B immunoglobulin (HBIG) combined with an antiviral agent prophylaxis protocol. …”
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Coinfections between Persistent Parasitic Neglected Tropical Diseases and Viral Infections among Prisoners from Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America by Lilian Da Silva Santos, Hans Wolff, François Chappuis, Pedro Albajar-Viñas, Marco Vitoria, Nguyen-Toan Tran, Stéphanie Baggio, Giuseppe Togni, Nicolas Vuilleumier, François Girardin, Francesco Negro, Laurent Gétaz

“…Parasitic infections (schistosomiasis; strongyloidiasis) and cooccurrent viral infections (HIV, hepatitis B (HBV), and hepatitis C (HCV)) are especially of concern for clinical care but have been neglected in empirical research. …”
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Liver Enzymes Abnormalities among Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy Experienced and HAART Naïve HIV-1 Infected Patients at Debre Tabor Hospital, North West Ethiopia: A Comparati... by Melashu Balew Shiferaw, Ketema Tafess Tulu, Amtatachew Moges Zegeye, Amarech Asratie Wubante

“…Blood specimen was collected to determine alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST), CD4 count, and viral hepatitis. The prevalence of liver enzyme abnormality was 20.1% and 22.0% among HAART experienced and HAART naïve patients, respectively. …”
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Analytical and Clinical Evaluation of a Chemiluminescent Immunoassay to Detect Serum Chitinase-3-like Protein 1 in HBV-Related Liver Diseases by Yanqiang Liao, Se Peng, Lesheng Huang, Zhong Li, Jian Hu, Rui Xu, Wenzhi Tang, Jialing Zhuang

“…To evaluate its clinical application, serum CHI3L1 levels were detected in 82 patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) and in 21 healthy controls. The patients with CHB and HCC had higher CHI3L1 levels than the healthy controls and the patients with CHB without HCC. …”
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First Report of the HEV Seroprevalence and the Risk Factor Assessment in the West Bank, Palestine, during the Period of 2015–2017 by Kamal Dumaidi, Alaa M. Abudamous, Rasmi Abu-Helu, Hanan Al-Jawabreh, Yazan Dumaidi, Amer Al-Jawabreh

“…Hepatitis E virus is emerging viral hepatitis with hyperendemicity in many countries. …”
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Is tattooing associated with increased seroprevalence of transfusion-transmitted infections among blood donors: A single-center study from Southeastern India by Charumathy Arjunan, Abhishekh Basavarajegowda

“…The serological prevalence of the two groups was compared for HIV, hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, Syphilis, and Malaria. …”
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Survival and Prognostic Factors in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treated by Percutaneous Ethanol Injection: A 10-Year Experience by Roberto Mazzanti, Umberto Arena, Pietro Pantaleo, Lorenzo Antonuzzo, Greta Cipriani, Bruno Neri, Clara Giordano, Fabio Lanini, Serena Marchetti, Paolo Gentilini

“…One hundred twenty-seven patients (85 men, 42 women, mean age 63 years, range 51 to 92 years, 115 hepatitis C virus-positive, 12 hepatitis B virus-positive) were enrolled between January 1993 and December 2002. …”
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