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77 more hepatitis cases may trace to clinic, officials say
LAS VEGAS --Seventy-seven more people who were treated at a Las Vegas outpatient clinic have been diagnosed with hepatitis C, health officials said. Authorities can't say for sure how the 77 people were infected, said Brian Labus, senior epidemiologist

77 more hepatitis cases may trace to clinic
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Health officials in Las Vegas say 77 more people who were treated at an outpatient clinic have been diagnosed with hepatitis C. Authorities can't say for sure how the 77 people were infected. Officials say they know each was treated from


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Highly Effective Against HCV Genotype 1
When tested on people with Hepatitis C genotype 1, R7128 proved to be an effective addition to combination therapy after just four weeks' time. In addition to its anti-viral effect, polymerase inhibitor R7128 received good marks for safety and minimal...

Investigational Drug Beats Standard Therapy in Hepatitis C Study
A Phase IIa trial investigating triple combination therapy with PEGASYS, COPEGUS and Roche's investigational drug R1626, demonstrated a higher response rate than traditional combination therapy alone. While R1626's effectiveness and high barrier to resistance makes it a top Hepatitis C...

Hepatitis C Complications Helped by Maintenance Interferon
A four-year study confirms that low-dosage maintenance interferon therapy prevents disease progression in those with portal hypertension or cirrhosis from Hepatitis C....

I highly recommend this book to everyone. It is technical but very revealing and Dr. Horowitz provides documentation throughout this book. I have read it 3 times. It is one of the best books I've ever read.

Emerging VirusesEmerging Viruses: AIDS and Ebola: Nature, Accident or Intentional?

by Leonard G. Horowitz,

Reviews: Booknews, Inc., June 1, 1996

Horowitz (public health author) presents thoroughly researched information in his exploration into the origins of the HIV and Ebola viruses. His bias toward the theory that HIV was introduced into the general population by vaccine experiments conducted in New York City and Africa, is apparent. He generalizes from this thesis that the AIDS epidemic may have been deliberately deployed as a genocide tactic as part of the CIA foreign policy activity in Central Africa. The volume is characteristic of a "conspiracy genre," and as such presents its facts with an eye toward a predisposed conclusion. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Midwest Book Review: Health professionals and those involved in infectious disease research will find Emerging Viruses startling: Harvard researcher Horowitz's studies gather evidence to conclude that AIDS and the Ebola viruses evolved during cancer virus experiments in which monkeys were infected with viral genes from other animals. Certain to spark controversy, this provides quite a different view of virus mutations and evolution.

Hardcover - 544 pages Limited edition (July 1996)


Yellow Fever Yellow Fever, Black Goddess: The Coevolution of People and Plagues

by Christopher Wills

The major purpose of plagues and epidemics is not population control. Rather, the germs that cause them are primarily striving to stay alive in the best possible conditions. Wills presents fascinating, well-documented accounts of how various bacteria, viruses, and other microbes have, over the centuries, adapted to changing conditions to achieve those goals.

Paperback - 336 pages (September 1997)


A Dancing MatrixA Dancing Matrix: How Science Confronts Emerging Viruses

by Robin Marantz Henig

Synopsis:

How did the HIV virus first infect human beings? What plagues are likely to ravage us in the future? This fascinating book sums up all that we currently know about viruses: what they are, how they spread, and how scientists are trying to outwit them. Henig interweaves theory with real-life medical dramas. Illus.

Paperback - 269 pages Reprint edition (February 1994)

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