All the news Showing 10 of 45 articles from: Diagnosis and monitoringGet an RSS feed of these articles Show All news infohep newsEditors' picks from other sources 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, ... Severe fibrosis improves in most people after hepatitis C cure but persists in a quarter Michael Carter / 18 February 2018 Hepatitis C virus (HCV)-related liver fibrosis improves significantly in the majority of people with pre-treatment advanced fibrosis or cirrhosis after treatment resulting in a sustained virological response (SVR), Swedish investigators ... More work and lower drug prices are needed to eliminate hepatitis C worldwide Liz Highleyman / 27 November 2017 Eliminating hepatitis C virus (HCV) as a global public health concern is feasible, but to do this more people need to be tested and treated and prices of direct-acting antivirals ... Global progress towards hepatitis C elimination still blocked by cost of treatment, lack of diagnosis Keith Alcorn / 02 November 2017 Nine countries – Australia, Brazil, Egypt, Georgia, Germany, Iceland, Japan, the Netherlands and Qatar – are on course to eliminate hepatitis C by 2030, according to data released at the World Hepatitis ... UK elimination of hepatitis C in jeopardy unless more patients found Keith Alcorn / 01 November 2017 Just one in three people with hepatitis C in the United Kingdom has been diagnosed according to the latest estimates released at this year’s World Hepatitis Summit in São Paulo, ... Hepatitis C halved in Spanish people living with HIV in one year due to treatment Keith Alcorn / 27 October 2017 Spain is making dramatic progress towards eliminating hepatitis C in people living with HIV because of widespread use of direct-acting antivirals, Juan Berenguer of Hospital Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, reported on Friday at the ... Hepatitis C testing linked to reduced opioid use among people who inject drugs Liz Highleyman / 25 October 2017 Getting tested for hepatitis C virus (HCV) was associated with reduced drug use, especially among those who tested positive, but even people who tested negative saw some reduction, according to study results presented ... Six-question risk score can identify HIV-positive gay men needing testing for acute hepatitis C Roger Pebody / 13 June 2017 Six questions can identify HIV-positive gay men who are at elevated risk of having acute (recent) hepatitis C infection and who would benefit from further testing, according to a paper ... Two-thirds of people with HIV/HCV co-infection in Southeast Asia in need of HCV therapy Michael Carter / 15 March 2017 Almost two-thirds of people with HIV/hepatitis C virus (HCV) co-infection in Asia are in need of HCV therapy with a fifth of people having cirrhosis, investigators report in the Journal of Viral ... High hepatitis C prevalence seen in Amsterdam PrEP study participants Gus Cairns / 06 February 2017 Researchers from the Dutch pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) demonstration study, AmPrEP, have found an unexpectedly high rate of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in participants tested for it at baseline.The HCV ... ← Prev12345Next → Other pages in this section Latest news All the news Hepatitis A Hepatitis B Hepatitis C Transmission and prevention Diagnosis and monitoring Disease course and symptoms HCV and coinfections Living with HCV Treatment issues Side effects Therapies Liver transplants 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