HBV Spring 2020: State of the Research


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Why has finding a cure for hepatitis B infection been so challenging? What is it about this virus and its life cycle that makes it so different from curable HCV? In this issue, Dr. Marion Peters from the University of California San Francisco and Northwestern University explains the obstacles researchers face in their quest to tame this virus. 

Clinical Perspectives on Barriers To HBV Care

Volume 6, Issue 6

In this podcast follow-up to their recent eViralHepatitis Review newsletter issue (Vol. 6, No. 5), Dr. Mandana Khalili and Dr. Michele Tana from the University of California, San Francisco discuss how their analysis of the newer published information can impact clinical practice.

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Clinical Insight: Engaging PWID in HCV Care

Volume 6, Issue 4.

People who inject drugs (PWID) comprise a rapidly growing population of HCV-infected people who have historically been difficult to reach and treat. But without engagement in HCV care, PWID will continue to transmit the virus and impede efforts for hepatitis C eradication.

In this issue, Dr. Arthur Kim from Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School provides a clinical perspective on identifying and overcoming the barriers that prevent PWID from effectively receiving HCV treatment.

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In the Clinic: Identifying & Managing HCV Complications

Volume 6, Issue 2.

In this podcast Andrea Granados, MD describes the clinical impact of the early diagnosis of glucose abnormalities in people with CF, summarizes the limitations of alternative modalities for screening and diagnosing CFRD, and and identifies the current recommendations for the management of CFRD.

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Clinical Approaches to HBV Therapy

Volume 5, Issue 4.

In this podcast Daryl T. Y. Lau, MD, MSc, MPH from Harvard Medical School discussed how to evaluate and mange patients who do not meet treatment criteria, the management of chronic hepatitis B during pregnancy, and how to identify patients appropriate for tenofovir alafenamide (TAF) therapy.

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New Approaches to the Diagnosis and Management of Chronic HBV Infection

Volume 4, Issue 10.

Drs Kenneth Sherman, MD, PhD and Nadeem Anwar, MD cover the important topic of New Approaches to the Diagnosis and Management of Chronic HBV Infection in the format of case-study scenarios for the clinical practice.

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Hepatitis C Treatment in the HIV Coinfected and Dialysis Populations

Volume 4, Issue 7.

Drs Paul Martin, MD and Kalyan Ram Bhamidimarri, MD cover the important topic of Hepatitis C Treatment in the HIV Coinfected and Dialysis Populations in the format of case-study scenarios for the clinical practice.

Highlights from the 2014 EASL Meeting

Volume 3, Issue 12.

Mark S. Sulkowski, MD, Professor of Medicine, Medical Director, Viral Hepatitis Center in the Divisions of Infectious Diseases and Gastroenterology/Hepatology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Raymond T. Chung, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Director of Hepatology, Vice Chief of Gastroenterology at Massachusetts General Hospital, and Laurent Castera, MD, PhD, Department of Hepatology, Beaujon Hospital, AP-AP, INSERM U773 at the University of Paris-Diderot. Discuss new information presented at the 2014 European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL) meeting, as well as non-invasive markers of liver disease.

Susanna Naggie, MD Discussed HBV and HCV Coverage at AASLD

Volume 3, Issue 8.

Susanna Naggie, MD, Professor, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine – Infectious Diseases at Duke University School of Medince discusses the development of new therapies for treating hepatitis C infection, and news about hepatitis B from the 64th meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Disease, as well as case-study scenarios for the clinical practice.