Infectious Hepatitis

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Infectiousness of Hepatitis-B/HIV during acute infection

Dear DoctorI read somewhere that Hepatitis-B is extremely infectious (100 times more than HIV) mainly because the viral load is much higher.During acute HIV infection the viral load of HIV can be 1000 times higher (I believe) than later on. Does...

Response from Douglas T. Dieterich, M.D.

New York University, School of Medicine

Hepatitis B can be rarely transmitted in households, but probably from wounds or razors that involve blood. HIV would have to transmitted in the same way, blood to blood exchange. The likelihood of HIV surviving on a bar of soap is vanishingly... Read more »

Am I infectious

I was diagnosed with Hepatitis-B 9 yrs back and had a prolonged treatment done. According to the... Read more »

Response from Mark Holodniy, M.D., F.A.C.P., C.I.C. »

Am I still HBV infectious?

Hi, I had Hep B 24 years ago, now I'm 25, and was never checked for it afterwards, my mum says... Read more »

Response from Barbara McGovern, M.D. »

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Articles

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

AIDS Overtakes Hepatitis B as China's Third-Deadliest Major Infectious Disease

The Chinese government said Monday that AIDS surpassed hepatitis B as the country's third-deadliest major infectious disease in 2005. TB was China's number-one killer last year, followed by rabies, said the official Xinhua News Agency, citing Health... Read more »

Donor Screening Assays for Infectious Agents and HIV Diagnostic Assays

Antibody to Hepatitis B Surface Antigen (HBsAg Assay) Tradename(s) Format Sample Use Manufacturer Approval Date Auszyme Monoclonal EIA Serum / Plasma / Cadaveric Serum Donor Screen & Conf. Kit Abbott Laboratories... Read more »

More Than 1,000 Chinese Die of Infectious Diseases in October

Today, China's Health Ministry said infectious diseases claimed the lives of more than 1,000 people in October. HIV/AIDS, hepatitis B, TB, rabies, and newborn tetanus were the top five killers last month, accounting for nearly 90 percent of the... Read more »

Almost 4,900 Deaths Each Year in Ontario, Canada, Because of Infectious Diseases: Report

A study examining the burden of illness, or healthy years lost, in Ontario each year finds the top 10 pathogens were hepatitis C, Streptococcus pneumoniae, human papillomavirus, hepatitis B, E. coli, HIV/AIDS, Staphylococcus aureus, influenza, C.... Read more »

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Infectious or Intoxication Diseases?

Posted by Anonymous

AIDS, Hepatitis C, BSE:
Infectious or Intoxication Diseases?

Claus Khnlein, Germany

English translation and English edit by Jrgen Faas, Kathy McMahon and Fintan Dunne. With kind permission by the
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Hepatitis A:Causes,Symptoms,Prevention & Treatment

Posted by nov

This article
Aalso known as infectious hepatitis, is a liver disease caused by the Hepatitis A virus, HAV. This is comparatively a mild disease which does not progress to a chronic stage. Persons who have contracted the disease may have no symptoms... Read more »

Hepatitis C puede alterar el resultado del elisa?

Posted by guasonch, 1 Reply

Hola pues tuve tres relaciones con prostitutas, las tres veces con condn salvo una que me hizo sexo oral. me hice un eia a los 6 meses y un elisa 4ta generacin a los 7 meses o ms. El mircoles voy a repetir mis pruebas porque no me quedo tranquilo,... Read more »

Hepatitis C, HIV and Seroconvertin

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

We read a lot on here and all about how you take longer to become posivite - or atl east those nurses did - and they were coinfected with hepatitis C and HIV.

so what's that mean? does that mean that the window period doesn't work if we're talking... Read more »

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