Hepatitis delta in Europe: Vanishing or refreshing?

Hepatitis delta in Europe: vanishing or refreshing?

Hepatitis delta in HIV-infected individuals in Europe.

BACKGROUND Hepatitis delta virus (HDV) infection results in the most aggressive form of chronic viral hepatitis. There is scarce information about the prevalence, epidemiology, virological profile and natural history of hepatitis delta in HIV patients. METHODS From 16,597 HIV patients enrolled in EuroSIDA, 1319 (7.9%) have ever reported serum hepatitis B virus (HBV) surface antigen (HBsAg)-po...

Lime, Refreshing or sour?

Cable and Wireless, Jamaica (C&WJ) operated in Jamaica under an exclusive license which made them a virtual monopoly. In 1999 the Government of Jamaica decided to renegotiate the license and liberalize the telecommunications industry. Early in the liberalization process new companies entered the market and C&WJ struggled to cope with the new competitive dynamics of the market. C&WJ although dom...

Looking at vanishing treatment effect in Europe.

Assertive community treatment: keeping what works The excellent editorial by Rosen et al highlights the dilution of assertive community treatment (ACT) research in European settings, leading to a failure to demonstrate reductions in bed use in efficacy studies. Effectiveness studies in the UK have shown that ACT leads to reductions in bed use. Furthermore, our experience of 93 patients followed...

Vanishing empty delta sign in cerebral venous thrombosis.

A 62-year-old man was admitted as an emergency patient at 6 A.M. because of a sudden loss of consciousness. He was a heavy drinker and had consumed a large amount of alcohol the previous night. At 5:30 A.M . his family had noticed that he was snoring unusually loudly and did not respond to verbal stimuli . On admission, he was drowsy and showed increased deep tendon reflexes in his lower extrem...