Hepatitis C Virus: is a virus that causes inflammation of the liver. It is can be passed onto others through blood and other body fluids. This infection can be spread through different ways such as sharing needles with an infected person or being stuck accidentally by a needle contaminated with the virus.
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The use of adeno-associated viruses (AAV) as gene delivery vectors has vast potential for the treatment of many severe human diseases. A small group of intensively studied AAV capsids have b...
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1. HBV 5 Line Guideline (Proposed): • Test all adults for Hepatitis B with the triple panel: HBsAg, Anti HBc total, Anti HBs • Vaccinate all adults for HBV who are HBV triple panel...
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Although metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) is increasingly used in clinical microbiological diagnosis, especially for rare or complicated infectious diseases, the applications of...
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Date: April 27, 2023 Time: 7:00am (PDT), 10:00pm (EDT), 4:00pm (CEST) At least 20 million hepatitis E virus (HEV) infections occur annually, with more than 3 million symptomatic cases and 60...
First Broadcast: Date: October 12, 2022 Time: 8:00am PDT, 11:00am EDT Second Broadcast: Date: October 12, 2022 Time: 9:00am SGT The new Embedded CryoSPARC Live, now fully integrated with t...
Genetic biomarkers have become increasingly important for disease prediction, early disease detection and progression, and options for intervention. Tumor biopsies are commonly used as sourc...
Date: August 16, 2022 Time: 8:00am (PDT), 11:00am (EDT), 5:00pm (CEST) Physicians caring for expecting or pregnant mothers successfully manage pregnancy with the help of screening and diagno...
Date: August 10, 2022 Time: 10:00am PDT, 1:00pm EDT The global pandemic has increased focus and scrutiny on molecular diagnostic assay development, resulting in a need for assays that provid...
Date: July 28, 2022 Time: 6:00am (PDT), 9:00am (EDT) Hepatitis B and C continues to be a leading cause of global morbidity and mortality, resulting in 1.1 million deaths and 3 million new in...
Date: June 07, 2022 Time: 10:00am (PDT), 1:00pm (EDT), 7:00pm (CEST) On December 8th, 2021 the CDC released new recommendations for preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for the prevention of HIV i...
Infectious diseases present a great challenge to global health and its economy. The 2020 SARS- CoV-2 pandemic highlighted the importance of rapid identification, characterization and surveil...
Date: December 14, 2021 Time: 6:00am (PST), 9:00am (EST) Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is a single-stranded positive-sense RNA virus and is a leading cause of acute viral hepatitis worldwide. The...
Date: July 27, 2021 Time: 10:00am (PDT), 1:00pm (EDT) Dr Gish (Insert credentials and role with Hep B Foundation) will cover current USPSTF recommendations (risk based) and HBFoundation for...
Date: May 18, 2021 Time: 8:00am (PST) The global pandemic has caused an increased focus and scrutiny on molecular diagnostic assay development, resulting in a need for assays that provide qu...
Learning Objectives: 1. Understanding the integral value of collaboration for advancement in scientific research; how to establish and grow academic, Pharma, and industry connections 2. Lear...
July 29, 2020 TIME: 9:00am PDT, 12:009m EDT, 6:00pm CEST Hepatitis C infection, once a formidable enemy, is now a curable disease. Dramatic advances in antiviral therapies have launched a ne...
DATE: July 28, 2020 TIME: 9:00 am PDT, 12:00 pm EDT The demographic profile of hepatitis B and C has seen a paradigm shift over the last 10 years and as a result clinical guidelines for hepa...
Background and aim: Rapid and complex diagnosis of viral, bacterial and parasitic infections is highly desirable not only in clinical practice, but also in food safety or early warning syste...
DATE: December 5, 2019TIME: 5:00am PST, 8:00am EST The diagnosis of an active infection by the hepatitis B virus (HBV) relies on testing for the HBV surface antigen (HBsAg). Ov...
DATE: September 18, 2019 TIME: 9:00am PDT, 12:00pm EDTDue to globalization, changes in the environment and climate, and the encroach- ment of humans into natural habitats, recent out...
DATE: May 15, 2019TIME: 9:00am PDTHepatitis B infections remain a significant global healthcare burden resulting in 887,000 deaths in 2015. Clinical laboratories can have a measurable i...
“Emerging infections” are those that appear suddenly or are rapidly increasing in incidence or geographic range (e.g., HIV/AIDS, Ebola, SARS, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome [MER...