All the news Showing 6 of 6 articles from: Testing for hepatitis BGet an RSS feed of these articles Show All news infohep newsEditors' picks from other sources Testing COVID-19 patients for viral hepatitis does not detect numerous undiagnosed cases Keith Alcorn / 19 September 2021 Screening people admitted to hospital with COVID-19 for hepatitis C or hepatitis B does not lead to detection of a large number of undiagnosed infections and is likely to be of limited ... Hepatitis B treatment suboptimal in people with HIV in Africa Keith Alcorn / 04 February 2020 Testing for chronic hepatitis B infection was very low in people living with HIV in Cameroon, a country with a high burden of hepatitis B, and suppression of hepatitis B virus was ... Active invitation to test for viral hepatitis greatly improves uptake of testing among South Asians in England Keith Alcorn / 16 April 2018 Inviting migrants and their children by post to test for hepatitis B and C in primary care settings results in the identification of a high prevalence of previously undiagnosed infections, ... Hepatitis B testing should be done before hepatitis C treatment due to risk of HBV reactivation Liz Highleyman / 07 October 2016 People considering direct-acting antiviral (DAA) therapy for hepatitis C should first be tested for hepatitis B virus (HBV) and monitored throughout therapy, as elimination of hepatitis C virus (HCV) can lead to HBV ... Hepatitis B testing and treatment rates are low among US veterans Liz Highleyman / 11 November 2014 Only 15% of US veterans have been tested for hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, and among those who tested positive just one-quarter received antiviral treatment and 13% were screened for liver cancer ... Many people need hepatitis B treatment in the Gambia Liz Highleyman / 17 July 2013 About 8% of people tested through a community-based screening program in the Gambia have hepatitis B, and about 8% of these have advanced liver disease and meet European criteria for antiviral therapy, according ... ← First1Next → Other pages in this section Latest news All the news Hepatitis A Hepatitis B Hepatitis C Hepatitis D Hepatitis E Coronavirus NAFLD Treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma Transmission, epidemiology and prevention Health services, policy and advocacy Social issues Conference news Email bulletin archive