Liver diseases in the Asia-Pacific region: a lancet gastroenterology & hepatology commission

SK Sarin, M Kumar, M Eslam, J George… - The lancet …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Summary The Asia-Pacific region is home to more than half of the global population and
accounted for 62· 6% of global deaths due to liver diseases in 2015. 54· 3% of global deaths …

Global prevalence of injecting drug use and sociodemographic characteristics and prevalence of HIV, HBV, and HCV in people who inject drugs: a multistage …

L Degenhardt, A Peacock, S Colledge… - The Lancet Global …, 2017 - thelancet.com
Background Sharing of equipment used for injecting drug use (IDU) is a substantial cause of
disease burden and a contributor to blood-borne virus transmission. We did a global …

Global cancer in women: burden and trends

LA Torre, F Islami, RL Siegel, EM Ward… - … , biomarkers & prevention, 2017 - AACR
This review is an abbreviated version of a report prepared for the American Cancer Society
Global Health department and EMD Serono, Inc., a subsidiary of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt …

Deep learning and social network analysis elucidate drivers of HIV transmission in a high-incidence cohort of people who inject drugs

SJ Clipman, SH Mehta, S Mohapatra… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Globally, people who inject drugs (PWID) experience some of the fastest-growing HIV
epidemics. Network-based approaches represent a powerful tool for understanding and …

Inhibition of secretin/secretin receptor axis ameliorates NAFLD phenotypes

L Chen, N Wu, L Kennedy, H Francis, L Ceci… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background and Aims Human NAFLD is characterized at early stages by hepatic steatosis,
which may progress to NASH when the liver displays microvesicular steatosis, lobular …

High HIV burden among people who inject drugs in 15 Indian cities

GM Lucas, SS Solomon, AK Srikrishnan, A Agrawal… - Aids, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Background: Injecting drug use has historically been the principal driver of the HIV epidemic
in the northeast states of India. However, recent data indicate growing numbers of people …

HIV, Hepatitis B and C among people who inject drugs: high prevalence of HIV and Hepatitis C RNA positive infections observed in Delhi, India

L Ray Saraswati, A Sarna, MP Sebastian, V Sharma… - BMC public health, 2015 - Springer
Background India has large PWID (persons who inject drugs) population estimated at
177,000. PWIDs are at high risk for HIV, Hepatitis B (HBV) and Hepatitis C (HCV) infections …

Prevalence and risk factors for HBV and HCV in prisoners in Iran: a national bio‐behavioural surveillance survey in 2015

G Moradi, MM Gouya… - Tropical Medicine & …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives To provide more accurate estimates of the prevalence of Hepatitis B (HBV) and
Hepatitis C (HCV) and their contributing factors among prisoners in Iran. Methods Cross …

Outcomes of real-world integrated HCV microelimination for people who inject drugs: an expansion of the Punjab model

RK Dhiman, GS Grover, M Premkumar, A Roy… - …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background The prevalence of chronic hepatitis C (CHC) in People Who Inject Drugs
(PWID) is 8-10% as compared to 3· 6% in the general population in Punjab, India. We …

Molecular mechanisms of hepatocarcinogenesis following sustained virological response in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection

CN Hayes, P Zhang, Y Zhang, K Chayama - Viruses, 2018 - mdpi.com
Despite the success of direct-acting antiviral (DAA) agents in treating chronic hepatitis C
virus (HCV) infection, the number of cases of HCV-related hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) …