BACKGROUND/AIMS: India is hyper-endemic for hepatitis E virus (HEV). HEV infection in
cirrhosis may cause high mortality. Prospective study evaluating HEV infection in cirrhotics is …

The study of climate changes in India and search for robust evidences are issues of concern
specially when it is known that poor people are very vulnerable to climate changes. Due to …

Pregnant patients with acute liver failure (ALF) are believed to have a worse outcome than
nonpregnant women and men with ALF. However objective data supporting this supposition …

The profiles of patients with fulminant hepatic failure (FHF) from developing countries have
not been reported earlier. The current study was conducted prospectively, at a single tertiary …

Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is the aetiological agent of non‐HAV enterically transmitted hepatitis.
It is the major cause of sporadic as well as epidemic hepatitis, which is no longer confined …

Background & Aims: Genome sequence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) from occult chronic
infection is scarce. Fifty-six (9.4%) of 591 patients seronegative for hepatitis B surface antigen (…

Objective It is difficult to predict the outcome in patients with acute liver failure (ALF) using
existing prognostic models. This study investigated whether early changes in the levels of …

BACKGROUND & AIMS: In acute liver failure (ALF), high blood ammonia levels have been
documented that correlate with mortality and complications. L-ornithine L-aspartate (LOLA) …

Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is a major human pathogen in the developing world. In the absence
of an in vitro culture system, very little information exists on the basic biology of the virus. A …

Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is the major cause of acute epidemic and sporadic hepatitis in the
developing world. It is a positive-strand RNA virus with a genome length of about 7.2 kb. The …