Hepatitis delta in Switzerland: a silent epidemic

Leptospirosis: A Silent Epidemic Disease

This special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health is dedicated to leptospirosis, an endemic zoonotic disease that is a cause of many acute undifferentiated fevers, especially in tropical countries. While it can be debated whether leptospirosis is an emerging disease, it is evident that it is becoming an emerging public health problem. It is recognized as a ...

Epidemic hepatitis B with delta-antigenaemia among Dublin drug-abusers.

ONE hundred and fifty-eight cases of hepatitis B have been detected among Dublin drugabusers from January to August 1981 during an epidemic which originated in 1980 and still continues. The mean age was 21 years and the male/female susceptibility to hepatitis B was the same. An unusually high proportion (29%) of a sample of 50 tested had the hepatitis B associated delta antigen in their serum a...

healthcare and the preventable silent killer: the growing epidemic of hepatitis c in pakistan

Culturally sensitive strategies designed to target the silent epidemic of hepatitis B in a Filipino community.

Hepatitis B is frequent in the Philippines. A high rate of immigration to the United States has brought many Filipinos with infections who are asymptomatic yet will go on to develop liver cancer and cirrhosis unless diagnose and evaluated. Interventions are necessary to educate this ethnic community, identify those infected, and offer therapy. In an effort to reach this high risk population in ...

Paediatric HIV treatment failure: a silent epidemic

Paediatric antiretroviral treatment (ART) failure is an under-recognized issue that receives inadequate attention in the field of paediatrics and within HIV treatment programmes. With paediatric ART failure rates ranging from 19.3% to over 32% in resource limited settings, a comprehensive evaluation of the causes of failure along with approaches to address barriers to treatment adherence are ur...