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Entecavir Therapy Provides Long-Term Benefit for Chronic Hepatitis B
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An extension of an earlier study shows that entecavir continues to better suppress virus compared with lamivudine after 2 years in nucleoside-naive patients with chronic e antigen-positive hepatitis B, according to a study in the November issue of Gastroenterology. Reuters Health Information
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China Warns Against Rebound in Leprosy Cases
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China is recording an annual average of more than 1,600 new leprosy cases and will spend $30 million this year to renovate leprosy villages which are home to thousands of people, the Health Ministry said on Thursday. Reuters Health Information
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Vertical Transmission of Chikungunya Reported
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Mother-child transmission of chikungunya virus infection is associated with significant morbidity and occurs predominantly during delivery, according to results of a study from the Indian Ocean islands of La Reunion. Reuters Health Information
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