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  2. Hepatitis A vaccine - Wikipedia

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    Hepatitis A vaccine is a vaccine that prevents hepatitis A. [2][3] It is effective in around 95% of cases and lasts for at least twenty years and possibly a person's entire life. [4] If given, two doses are recommended beginning after the age of one. [2] It is given by injection into a muscle. [2]

  3. Hepatitis A - Wikipedia

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    11,200 [6] Hepatitis A is an infectious disease of the liver caused by Hepatovirus A (HAV); [7] it is a type of viral hepatitis. [8] Many cases have few or no symptoms, especially in the young. [1] The time between infection and symptoms, in those who develop them, is two–six weeks. [2] When symptoms occur, they typically last eight weeks and ...

  4. Hepatitis A and B vaccine - Wikipedia

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    Twinrix is a brand manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals. The full generic name is hepatitis A inactivated & hepatitis B (recombinant) vaccine. [13] Twinrix is administered over three doses. The name was created because it is a mixture of two earlier vaccines — Havrix, an inactivated-virus Hepatitis A vaccine, and Engerix-B, a ...

  5. Post-exposure prophylaxis - Wikipedia

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    Post-exposure prophylaxis, also known as post-exposure prevention (PEP), is any preventive medical treatment started after exposure to a pathogen in order to prevent the infection from occurring. It should be contrasted with pre-exposure prophylaxis, which is used before the patient has been exposed to the infective agent.

  6. Hepatitis - Wikipedia

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    Hepatitis. Alcoholic hepatitis as seen with a microscope, showing fatty changes (white circles), remnants of dead liver cells, and Mallory bodies (twisted-rope shaped inclusions within some liver cells). (H&E stain) Specialty. Infectious disease, gastroenterology, hepatology. Symptoms.

  7. Viral hepatitis - Wikipedia

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    Infectious diseases, gastroenterology. Viral hepatitis is liver inflammation due to a viral infection. [1][2] It may present in acute form as a recent infection with relatively rapid onset, or in chronic form, typically progressing from a long-lasting asymptomatic condition up to a decompensated hepatic disease and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

  8. Elbasvir/grazoprevir - Wikipedia

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    KEGG. D10778. Elbasvir/grazoprevir, sold under the brand name Zepatier, is a fixed-dose combination for the treatment of hepatitis C, containing elbasvir (an inhibitor of hepatitis C virus 's NS5A protein) and grazoprevir (an NS3 / 4A inhibitor). It is used to treat chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotypes 1 or 4 infection in both treatment ...

  9. Injection (medicine) - Wikipedia

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    Injection (medicine) An injection (often and usually referred to as a " shot " in US English, a " jab " in UK English, or a " jag " in Scottish English and Scots) is the act of administering a liquid, especially a drug, into a person's body using a needle (usually a hypodermic needle) and a syringe. [1] An injection is considered a form of ...