There is growing awareness of the health implications of fact that infectious agents often do
not act independently; rather their disease potential is mediated in diverse and significant …

Web Annexes Page 1 Page | i GUIDELINES ON HEPATITIS B AND C TESTING February 2017
GUIDELINES ANNEXES Page 2 Page | ii WHO guidelines on hepatitis B and C testing ISBN …

After hepatitis G virus (HGV) and GB virus type C (GBV-C) were independently discovered, it
was determined that they were two isolates of the same virus. The HGV/GBV-C genome …

Appendices published as WHO/HIV/2014.22, WHO/HIV/2014.24, WHO/HIV/2014.28,
WHO/HIV/2014.29, WHO/HIV/2014.30, WHO/HIV/2014.33, WHO/HIV/2014.34 …

The 2015 Paediatric E uropean Network for Treatment of AIDS (PENTA) guidelines provide
practical recommendations on the management of HIV‐1 infection in children in E urope and …

A retrospective survey estimating the prevalence of hepatitis viruses B (HBV) and C (HCV)
was conducted on samples taken in 1,002 African pregnant women (501 diagnosed as HIV …

Background The state of permanent immune activation provided by chronic HCV infection
might act deleteriously in HIV-positive individuals, favouring HIV transcription within infected …

Understanding the earliest virological and immunological events in acute hepatitis C virus
(HCV) infection may provide insight into the determinants of protective immunity. Four cases …

Surveillance for hepatitis C virus (HCV) is limited by the challenge of differentiating between
acute and chronic infections. In this study, we evaluate a cross-sectional testing strategy that …

Background. Chronic seronegative hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is defined as being HCV
antibody (anti-HCV) negative, but HCV RNA positivity occurs in individuals infected with …