The Management of Viral Hepatitis
Canadian Association for Study of the Liver
Proceedings of a consensus conference held in
Montreal, Quebec in March 1999
THE CANADIAN CONSENSUS CONFERENCE ON THE MANAGEMENT OF VIRAL HEPATITIS
This report was written by the CASL consensus conference rapporteur group
See end of article for conference participants and rapporteurs
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
HEPATITIS B
- EPIDEMIOLOGY OF HEPATITIS B IN CANADA
- NATURAL HISTORY OF CHRONIC HEPATITIS B
- EVALUATION OF THE HBsAg-POSITIVE PATIENT
- TREATMENT OF THE HEPATITIS B CARRIER
- COMMENT
HEPATITIS C VIRUS
- HEPATITIS C RNA TESTING
- USE OF HCV RNA TESTING
- SEXUAL TRANSMISSION OF HEPATITIS C VIRUS
- MOTHER-TO-INFANT TRANSMISSION OF HEPATITIS C VIRUS
- THERAPY FOR CHRONIC HEPATITIS C
COMBINED INFECTIONS
- HEPATITIS B AND HEPATITIS C
- HEPATITIS B AND HIV
- HEPATITIS C AND HIV
SCREENING FOR HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA
HEPATITIS B VACCINATION
HEPATITIS A VACCINATION
HEPATITIS G VIRUS
TRANSFUSION TRANSMITTED VIRUS
PARTICIPANTS
SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS
REFERENCE
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