The management of viral hepatitis in the setting of pregnancy requires special consideration.
There are five liver-specific viruses (hepatitis A, B, C, D, E), each with unique epidemiology …

Background Prevention of mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of hepatitis B virus (HBV)
involves neonatal immunoprophylaxis, with a birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine and immune …

WHO estimates that in 2015, 257 million people were living with chronic hepatitis B virus
(HBV) infection worldwide, and that 900 000 had died from HBV infection, mostly as a result …

Diseases (AASLD) also presented and continued to revise their clinical practice guidelines,
and the latest updates were in 2015, 2017, and 2018. However, since the medical …

Aims The Korean Association for the Study of the Liver (KASL) Practice Guidelines for
Management of Hepatitis C were first established in 2004, and revised in 2013, when direct …

Clinical practice guidelines are important for guiding the management of specific diseases
by medical practitioners, trainees, and nurses. In some cases, the guidelines are utilized as …

Hepatitis B infection during pregnancy presents a unique set of management issues.
Aspects of care that must be considered include maternal and fetal effects of hepatitis B …

Hepatitis B virus infection is a global health problem. Worldwide, about 360 million people
are chronically infected with the virus. They continue to spread the virus to others and are …

During pregnancy several alterations in the immune status allow mothers to tolerate the
genetically different foetal tissues. We investigated the evolution of liver disease during and …

During pregnancy profound perturbations in innate and adaptive immunity impact the
clinical course of a number of infectious diseases, including those affecting periodontal …