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COVID-19 and Liver Disease

Tanggal: 1 April 2020Oleh: Dr. John W Ward, The Coalition for Global Hepatitis Elimination Diterjemahkan oleh: Caroline Thomas (14 Juni 2020) In December 2019, a novel coronavirus was identified as the cause of severe pneumonia, respiratory failure and mortality in Wuhan China (1).  The virus was found to have 82% genetic homology with SARS-CoV, a…

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Improvement of survival rate on liver-related patients by Hepatitis-C treatment

People with liver cancer who achieve a sustained virological response (SVR) to antiviral therapy for Hepatitis C (direct acting antiviral / DAA) have decreased in terms of mortality from all causes and causes related to liver disease in overall five years. This was presented at the Liver Meeting in Boston on November 8-12, 2019. Prof.…

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Coalition of liver associations calls for simplifying Hepatitis C care

Leaders of liver disease associations from Europe, the United States, Latin America and Asia issued a global call to action at the AASLD Liver Meeting this week in Boston, aiming to advance toward the goal of eliminating hepatitis C as a public health threat. The new statement, signed by representatives of AASLD, the European Association for the…

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Hepatitis A plagued Depok City

Nova Amelia, a ninth grade student of SMPN 20 Depok suddenly fainted while attending flag ceremony in the morning of Monday (11/11/2019). She went limp and her eyes looks yellow. But on that day, Nova was not the only one who fainted. At least there were 70 students fainted during flag ceremony. The school was…