Viral Hepatitis Updates from CDC

April 22, 2011

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The National Training Center for Integrating Hepatitis into HIV/STD Prevention

Services* www.KnowHepatitis.org – has two new trainings available:

Recent Advances in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Hepatitis B for Front-line

Workers

by S. Koff, MD - Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of

Connecticut

http://www.knowhepatitis.org/recentadvanceshepb

Recent Advances in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Hepatitis C for Front-line

Workers

by S. Koff, MD - Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of

Connecticut

http://www.knowhepatitis.org/recentadvanceshepc

Registration Still Open- Hepatitis Single Topic Conference - Chronic Viral

Hepatitis: Strategies to Improve Effectiveness of Screening and Treatment

This event is co-sponsored by CDC and the American Association for the Study of

Liver Diseases (AASLD) and will be held at the Emory Conference Center, in

Atlanta, GA from June 4-5, 2011. The conference agenda will include updates and

discussion on current approaches and new developments in viral hepatitis

screening, care referral and clinical management of chronic hepatitis B virus

(HBV) and chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections.

http://www.aasld.org/conferences/meetings/Pages/HepatitisSingleTopicConference.a\

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MMWR - Assessing Completeness of Perinatal Hepatitis B Virus Infection Reporting

Through Comparison of Immunization Program and Surveillance Data – U.S.

Perinatal HBV infections currently are reported by state and local health

departments to CDC through two parallel processes: by immunization programs as

part of federal program grant reporting requirements and by communicable disease

surveillance units as part of the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance

System. A review of perinatal HBV infection reporting for infants born in 2005

identified 68 cases reported by immunization programs and 47 cases reported by

communicable disease surveillance units, resulting in a total of 73 unique

cases, 42 (58%) of which were reported by both systems. Improved

information-sharing between immunization programs and communicable disease

surveillance units of health departments is essential to ensure more complete

identification, case management, and quantification of perinatal HBV infections.

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6013a4.htm

Reminder - New Posters Available

CDC's Division of Viral Hepatitis has made six new viral hepatitis educational

posters available for order.

http://wwwn.cdc.gov/pubs/hepa.aspx#F

*NTC for Integrating Hepatitis into HIV/STD Prevention Services is funded by the

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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April 22, 2011