Global Occupational Exposure to Blood and Body Fluids among Healthcare Workers: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Dechasa Adare Mengistu, Gebisa Dirirsa, Elsai Mati, Dinku Mekbib Ayele, Kefelegn Bayu, Wegene Deriba, Fekade Ketema Alemu, Yohannes Mulugeta Demmu, Yohanis Alemeshet Asefa, Abraham Geremew

“…Occupational exposure to blood and body fluids has become a serious public health problem for healthcare workers and is a major risk for the transmission of various infections such as human immune-deficiency virus, hepatitis B virus, and hepatitis C virus. This systematic review and meta-analysis aims to determine the career time and previous one-year global pooled prevalence of occupational exposure to blood and body fluids among healthcare workers. …”
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Pediatric Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD): Trends, Mortality, and Socioeconomic Disparities in the U.S., 1998–2020 by Paul Wasuwanich, Joshua M. So, Mustafa Sadek, Chaowapong Jarasvaraparn, Songyos Rajborirug, Ruben E. Quiros-Tejeira, Wikrom Karnsakul

“…Sex, race/ethnicity, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, HIV, and IV drug use were not significantly associated with mortality. …”
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Factores de riesgo para hepatocarcinoma en pacientes con fibrosis avanzada o cirrosis por virus C by Yusimik Roman Martinez, Rosmy Fabiola Aguilar Aguilar, Marlén Castellanos Fernández, Sila María González Suero, Rebeca Winograd Lay, Mirtha Infante Velázquez

“…Introducción: La eliminación del virus de la hepatitis C con el tratamiento antiviral no excluye el riesgo de carcinoma hepatocelular en pacientes con fibrosis avanzada/cirrosis. …”
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Causes and Clinical Profiles of Ascites at University of Gondar Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia: Institution-Based Cross-Sectional Study by Oumer Abdu Muhie

“…In conclusion, liver cirrhosis is the major cause of ascites in Gondar, Ethiopia, while chronic viral hepatitis infections (hepatitis B (HBV) and C (HCV) viruses) are the main causes of liver cirrhosis. …”
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Concomitant Persistent Left Superior Vena Cava and Horseshoe Kidney by Faraz Jaffer, Vijay Chandiramani

“…Persistent left superior vena cava (PLSVC) and horseshoe kidney (HSK) are common congenital abnormalities; however presence of both in the same person is extremely rare. A patient with hepatitis C cirrhosis awaiting transplant presented with worsening liver dysfunction, diagnosed with acute renal failure secondary to hepatorenal syndrome, and required X-ray fluoroscopy guided tunneled venous catheter placement for hemodialysis. …”
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Antituberculosis Drug-Induced Liver Injury with Autoimmune Features: Facing Diagnostic and Treatment Challenges by Maria Adriana Rangel, Isabel Pinto Pais, Raquel Duarte, Isabel Carvalho

“…The authors present a case report of antituberculosis drug-induced liver injury that offered diagnostic challenges (namely, the possibility of drug-induced autoimmune hepatitis) and treatment difficulties.…”
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TLRs, Alcohol, HCV, and Tumorigenesis by Keigo Machida

“…Ample epidemiological evidence suggests that there is a strong synergism between hepatitis C virus (HCV) and alcoholic liver diseases (ALD). …”
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BNT162b2 COVID-19 Vaccine Induced Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura by A. K. Ghosh, S. Bhushan, L. D. R. Lopez, D. Sampat, Z. Salah, C. A. Hatoum

“…Immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) has been reported following vaccinations such as MMR as well as after viral infections such as hepatitis C and HIV. Few case reports have been reported of ITP after COVID-19 infections and COVID-19 vaccines. …”
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Travel-Associated Salmonella mbandaka Sacroiliac Osteomyelitis in a Healthy Adolescent by Kirsty Le Doare, Elspeth Brooker, Shamez Ladhani

“…We describe a case of a 16 year-old gymnast who was subsequently diagnosed with Salmonella mbandaka sacroiliac osteomyelitis with adjacent psoas abscess and hepatitis one week after returning from a holiday in Crete. …”
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Unusual Presentation of Gianotti-Crosti Syndrome due to Epstein-Barr Virus Infection by Hind Saif Al Dhaheri, Amani Al Kaabi, Yasmin Kara Hamo, Aysha Al Kaabi, Salwa Al Kaabi, Hossam Al Tatari

“…It has been classically associated with hepatitis B virus, as well as rarely with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). …”
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The Role of Liver Biopsy in the Management of Patients with Liver Disease by Florence Wong

“…Prognostic information can be obtained in patients with this disorder, as well as in those with alcoholic liver disease and viral hepatitis, and liver biopsy can be used as a guide to their management.…”
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A Meta-Analysis of Statin Use and Risk of Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Yikai Wang, Wenjun Wang, Muqi Wang, Juanjuan Shi, Xiaoli Jia, Shuangsuo Dang

“…Besides, statins have protective effects against hepatocellular carcinoma after hepatitis B virus (odds ratio, 0.44; 95% CI: 0.22–0.85) and hepatitis C virus infections (odds ratio, 0.53; 95% CI: 0.49–0.57). …”
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Precision oncology through next generation sequencing in hepatocellular carcinoma by Sayali Shinde, Carola Maria Bigogno, Ana Simmons, Nikita Kathuria, Aruni Ghose, Vedika Apte, Patricia Lapitan, Shania Makker, Aydin Caglayan, Stergios Boussios

“…Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a primary liver cancer that originates from underlying inflammation, often associated with Hepatitis B virus (HBV) or Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections. …”
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Human Papillomavirus, Human Immunodeficiency Virus, and Oral Microbiota Interplay in Nigerian Youth (HOMINY): A Prospective Cohort Study Protocol by Jia Liu, Esosa Osagie, Paul Akhigbe, Nosakhare Idemudia, Ozoemene Obuekwe, Ruxton Adebiyi, Nicolas Schlecht, Yana Bromberg, Fidelis E Eki-Udoko, Nosayaba Osazuwa-Peters, Modupe Oluseun Coker

“…Blood samples are tested for HIV, Hepatitis B virus (HBV) and Hepatitis C virus (HCV), with CD4, CD8 and full blood counts performed. …”
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“If that would have lessened my symptoms, that would have been great...”: a qualitative study about the acceptability of tecovirimat as treatment for mpox by Sara Paparini, Rosalie Hayes, Benjamin Weil, Will Nutland, Ismael Maatouk, Teodora Wi, Chloe M. Orkin, Rosamund Lewis

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A scoping review on the obstacles faced by beta thalassemia major patients in Pakistan- Matter of policy investment by Ali Hussain Ansari, Saqib Hussain Ansari, Mubarak Jabeen Salman, Muhammad Usman Hussain Ansari, Rawshan Jabeen

“…These largely include hepatitis C, hepatitis B, and the Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). …”
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Aflatoxins in Uganda: An Encyclopedic Review of the Etiology, Epidemiology, Detection, Quantification, Exposure Assessment, Reduction, and Control by Timothy Omara, Winfred Nassazi, Tom Omute, Aburu Awath, Fortunate Laker, Raymond Kalukusu, Bashir Musau, Brenda Victoria Nakabuye, Sarah Kagoya, George Otim, Eddie Adupa

“…More efforts should be geared towards awareness creation and vaccination against hepatitis B and hepatitis A to reduce the risk of development of liver cancer among the populace.…”
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Validación de métodos serológicos y moleculares para la certificación viral de la materia prima del HEBERTRANS® by Kenia Romero Martínez, Maria Teresa Pérez Guevara, Madeline Blanco de Armas, Liuber Yans Machado Zaldívar, Alicia Fleites Vázquez, Esperanza Sánchez Diéguez

“…Para su certificación viral se emplea el sistema serológico HIV Ab & Ag (DIA.PRO, Italia) y 2 sistemas moleculares desarrollados en Cuba, basados en la reacción en cadena de la polimerasa (PCR) cualitativa para la detección de los virus de la hepatitis C y de inmunodeficiencia humana tipo 1, los cuales deben ser validados para demostrar que funcionan con este tipo de muestras. …”
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HIV Infection and TLR Signalling in the Liver by Megan Crane, Kumar Visvanathan, Sharon R. Lewin

“…Despite the availability of effective combination antiretroviral therapy (cART), liver disease is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)-infected individuals, specifically, in the presence of viral hepatitis coinfection. HIV, a single stranded RNA virus, can bind to and activate both Toll-like receptor (TLR)7 and TLR8 in circulating blood mononuclear cells, but little is known about the effect of HIV on TLRs expressed in the liver. …”
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A Case for Doxycycline as an Effective Treatment for Confluent and Reticulated Papillomatosis (CARP) by Aishwarya Sharma, Deborah Moon, Dong Joo Kim

“…Minocycline is considered the drug of choice, but it is not without its host of potential side effects, including drug hypersensitivity, drug-induced lupus/vasculitis/hepatitis, blue-gray skin hyperpigmentation, acute eosinophilic pneumonia, pseudotumor cerebri, and vestibular instability, among others. …”
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