Viral hepatitis E. Current concepts in the etiology, epidemiology, diagnosis, clinical findings and prevention
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Hepatitis E is a viral hepatitis caused by infection. It is spread by faecal-oral transmission. Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is responsible for epidemics and endemics of acute hepatitis in humans, mainly through waterborne, foodborne, and zoonotic transmission routes. This
Acute viral hepatitis – Should the current screening strategy be modified?
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Background. The epidemiology of viral hepatitis has changed. Since the introduction of safe and effectivevaccines for hepatitis A and B in 1980s, the incidence of acute infections caused by these viruses has beendeclining in the UK. At the same time, hepatitis E virus (HEV)
Hepatitis E in liver biopsies from patients with acute hepatitis of clinically unexplained origin
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Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is a small RNA virus and the infectious agent of hepatitis E that occurs worldwide either as epidemics in Asia caused by genotype 1 and 2 or as sporadic disease in industrialized countries induced by genotype 3 and 4. The frequency might be
Viral hepatitis A: past, present and future
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Relevance of hepatitis A is caused by several factors: worldwide prevalence of the infection (includin g Russia); economic and social Importance; high frequency of disease in children and adults; eruptions ; chronic and severe disease possibility; different clinical forms;
Hepatitis A virus: host interactions, molecular epidemiology and evolution
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Infection with hepatitis A virus (HAV) is the commonest viral cause of liver disease и presents an important public health problem worldwide. Several unique HAV properties и molecular mechanisms of its interaction with host were recently discovered и should
Modern pathogenetic therapy of chronic hepatitis C
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Clinical laboratory studies were made in 87 patients with chronic hepatitis С (CHC). Hie comprehensive studies involved the evaluation of a number of oxidative metabolic parameters, antioxidant enzymes, and nitric oxide metabolism products. All the studies were
Problems of pulmonary cryptococcosis diagnostics. The clinical case
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The authors considered modern basic cryptococcosis concepts and briefly analyzed the current state about diagnosis and treatment, with particular attention paid to the pulmonary form of this disease. The authors make presentation the case of late diagnosis of pulmonary