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J Med Virol 2022 May 16. Epub 2022 May 16.

Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Public Health and Nursing, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

The Public Health Scotland (PHS) was notified at the end of March 2022 that five children aged 3-5 years had presented to the Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow with acute hepatitis of unknown etiology within a three-week period.Keywords This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. Read More

Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2022 May 13. Epub 2022 May 13.

Parkland Health and Hospital System Dallas, Texas; Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease and Geographic Medicine, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas. Electronic address:

Background: Patient navigation interventions can improve health outcomes in underserved, low-income and racial and ethnic minority groups, who often experience health disparities. We examined the effectiveness of patient navigation to improve linkage to hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatment receipt in a socioeconomically disadvantaged, racially diverse patient population.

Methods: We performed a pre-post analysis evaluating the effectiveness of a patient navigation program among baby boomers who tested positive for HCV in a safety-net health system. Read More

Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol 2022 May 13. Epub 2022 May 13.

Early Detection, Prevention and Infections Branch, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC/WHO), Lyon, France.

Background: Empirical, updated country-level estimates on the proportion of cirrhosis attributable to viral hepatitis are required. We estimated the prevalence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in patients with cirrhosis at country, regional, and global levels as an approximation for the fractions of cirrhosis attributable to viral hepatitis.

Methods: In this systematic review, we searched MEDLINE, Embase, Web of Science, and Scielo between Jan 1, 1993, and Aug 1, 2021. Read More

Biosens Bioelectron 2022 May 10;211:114349. Epub 2022 May 10.

Key Laboratory of Luminescence Analysis and Molecular Sensing (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, PR China. Electronic address:

DNA nanomachines, a delicate type of molecular machines, have been a research hotspot in biotechnology and materials. Here a two-dimensional (2D) DNA walking nanomachine with high working efficiency and low cost was easily assembled by using graphene oxide (GO) as the working platform for precisely fluorescent bioassay through the binding of target hepatitis B virus DNA (HBV-DNA) and the driving force of Exonuclease III (Exo III). The presence of HBV-DNA made continuous Exo III digestion of the FAM-modified DNA (FAM-DNA) in double-strand DNA (dsDNA) part in a burnt-bridge mechanism to output a "one-to-more" amplified signal. Read More

Obstet Gynecol 2022 May 5;139(5):916-918. Epub 2022 Apr 5.

Department of Health Policy and Management, University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; the Muskie School of Public Service, University of Southern Maine, Portland, Maine; the Department of Health Policy, Management, and Leadership, West Virginia University School of Public Health, Morgantown, West Virginia; the Department of Maternal and Child Health, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Magee-Womens Research Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science, University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy, Lexington, Kentucky; the School of Social Work, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; the Center for Community Research and Service, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware; and the Department of Biostatistics, University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.