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Impact of direct-acting antiviral agents on liver function in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection (2020)
Journal Article

© 2020 The Authors. Journal of Viral Hepatitis published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd Whilst the benefit of direct-acting antiviral agents (DAAs) in achieving sustained virological response (SVR) is now well-accepted, their impact on liver function, pa... Read More about Impact of direct-acting antiviral agents on liver function in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection.

Enterovirus subtyping in a routine UK laboratory setting between 2013 and 2017 (2020)
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© 2020 Elsevier B.V. Background: Human enteroviruses (EV) are the leading cause of viral meningitis. EV genotyping is predominantly performed through amplification and sequencing of viral capsid protein-1 (VP1), frequently by national reference labor... Read More about Enterovirus subtyping in a routine UK laboratory setting between 2013 and 2017.

aMAP risk score predicts hepatocellular carcinoma development in patients with chronic hepatitis (2020)
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© 2020 European Association for the Study of the Liver Background & Aims: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the leading cause of death in patients with chronic hepatitis. In this international collaboration, we sought to develop a global universal HC... Read More about aMAP risk score predicts hepatocellular carcinoma development in patients with chronic hepatitis.

Genome-wide Association Study for Alcohol-related Cirrhosis Identifies Risk Loci in MARC1 and HNRNPUL1. (2020)
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Copyright © 2020 AGA Institute. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. BACKGROUND & AIMS: Little is known about genetic factors that affect development of alcohol-related cirrhosis. We performed a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of samp... Read More about Genome-wide Association Study for Alcohol-related Cirrhosis Identifies Risk Loci in MARC1 and HNRNPUL1..

Nanopore sequencing from extraction-free direct PCR of dried serum spots for portable hepatitis B virus drug-resistance typing (2020)
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© 2020 Background: Effective drug regimens for the treatment of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infections are essential to achieve the World Health Organisation commitment to eliminate viral hepatitis by 2030. Lamivudine (3TC) is widely used in countries wi... Read More about Nanopore sequencing from extraction-free direct PCR of dried serum spots for portable hepatitis B virus drug-resistance typing.

Human Bocavirus infection and respiratory tract disease identified in a UK patient cohort (2020)
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© 2020 Elsevier B.V. Background: Since its first isolation in 2005, Human Bocavirus (HBoV) has been repeatedly associated with acute respiratory tract infections, although its role in pathogenicity remains unclear due to high co-infection rates. Obje... Read More about Human Bocavirus infection and respiratory tract disease identified in a UK patient cohort.

Cost effectiveness of an intervention to increase uptake of hepatitis C virus testing and treatment (HepCATT): cluster randomised controlled trial in primary care (2020)
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Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited. For permission to use (where not already granted under a licence) please go to http://group.bmj.com/group/rights-licensing/permissions. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of... Read More about Cost effectiveness of an intervention to increase uptake of hepatitis C virus testing and treatment (HepCATT): cluster randomised controlled trial in primary care.

Cost?effectiveness of the HepCATT intervention in specialist drug clinics to improve case?finding and engagement with HCV treatment for people who inject drugs in England (2020)
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