Disease-Modifying Effects of Postexposure Hepatitis A Active Immunization

Hepatitis B Prevention and Immunization

هپاتیت به معنی التهاب کبد است. هپاتیت B هپاتیت سرمی هم نامیده می شود، ویروس آن از خون، مایعات سروزی بدن، بزاق و مایع منی یافت شده و باعث می گردد که سلولهای کبدی به دنبال واکنش التهابی عملکرد خود را از دست دهند که این حالت ممکن است منجر به انسداد مجاری صفراوی و یا نارسایی کبد شود. 

Postexposure prophylactic effect of hepatitis B virus (HBV)-active antiretroviral therapy against HBV infection.

Retrospective study indicates that hepatitis B virus (HBV)-active nucleoside (nucleotide) analogues (NAs) used for antiretroviral therapy reduce the incidence of acute HBV infections in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients. Learning from HIV postexposure prophylaxis (PEP), we explored the possibility of using NAs in PEP following HBV exposure, if preexposure prophylaxis is feasi...

A new Approach to active Immunization of Sheep by a combined Sheep pox and Anthrax Vaccine

Disease‐modifying effects of ganglioside GM1 in Huntington's disease models

Huntington's disease (HD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by motor, cognitive and psychiatric problems. Previous studies indicated that levels of brain gangliosides are lower than normal in HD models and that administration of exogenous ganglioside GM1 corrects motor dysfunction in the YAC128 mouse model of HD In this study, we provide evidence that intraventricular ad...

Hepatitis A Vaccine versus Immune Globulin for Postexposure Prophylaxis

Methods We randomly assigned household and day-care contacts, 2 to 40 years of age, in Almaty, Kazakhstan, to receive one standard age-appropriate dose of hepatitis A vaccine or immune globulin within 14 days after exposure to patients with hepatitis A. Instances of laboratory-confirmed, symptomatic hepatitis A infection occurring between 15 and 56 days after exposure were then assessed during ...