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Alessio Aghemo

Humanitas University
Verified email at hunimed.eu
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Global change in hepatitis C virus prevalence and cascade of care between 2015 and 2020: a modelling study

S Blach, NA Terrault, F Tacke, I Gamkrelidze… - The Lancet …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background Since the release of the first global hepatitis elimination targets in 2016, and
until the COVID-19 pandemic started in early 2020, many countries and territories were …

Accelerating the elimination of viral hepatitis: a Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology Commission

GS Cooke, I Andrieux-Meyer, TL Applegate… - The lancet …, 2019 - thelancet.com
Viral hepatitis is a major public health threat and a leading cause of death worldwide.
Annual mortality from viral hepatitis is similar to that of other major infectious diseases such …

[PDF][PDF] New horizons in hepatitis C antiviral therapy with direct‐acting antivirals

A Aghemo, R De Francesco - Hepatology, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Most direct‐acting antivirals (DAAs) that are being developed as therapy against hepatitis C
virus target the NS3/4A protease, the NS5A protein, and the NS5B polymerase. The latter …

EASL recommendations on treatment of hepatitis C: final update of the series☆

JM Pawlotsky, F Negro, A Aghemo, M Berenguer… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a major cause of chronic liver disease, with
approximately 71 million chronically infected individuals worldwide. Clinical care for patients …

[PDF][PDF] COVID-19 and liver disease

J Sun, A Aghemo, A Forner, L Valenti - Liver international, 2020 - air.unimi.it
Since December 2019, patients with unexplained pneumonia have been found in Wuhan,
Hubei Province, China, which was caused by a novel coronavirus that had not been …

High rates of 30-day mortality in patients with cirrhosis and COVID-19

M Iavarone, R D'Ambrosio, A Soria, M Triolo… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background & Aims Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) poses a major health threat to
healthy individuals and those with comorbidities, but its impact on patients with cirrhosis is …

[PDF][PDF] A morphometric and immunohistochemical study to assess the benefit of a sustained virological response in hepatitis C virus patients with cirrhosis

R D'Ambrosio, A Aghemo, MG Rumi, G Ronchi… - …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Although annular fibrosis is the hallmark of cirrhosis, other microscopic changes that affect
liver function such as sinusoid capillarization or loss of metabolic zonation are common. A …

EASL recommendations on treatment of hepatitis C 2018

JM Pawlotsky, F Negro, A Aghemo, M Berenguer… - Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a major cause of chronic liver disease, with
approximately 71 million chronically infected individuals worldwide. Clinical care for patients …

Global multi-stakeholder endorsement of the MAFLD definition

N Méndez-Sánchez, E Bugianesi, RG Gish… - The lancet …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Correspondence 390 www. thelancet. com/gastrohep Vol 7 May 2022 at least two different
mechanisms of action. Views were divided on the failure of immunomodulators, with 252 …

Impact of COVID-19 on global HCV elimination efforts

S Blach, LA Kondili, A Aghemo, Z Cai, E Dugan… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background & Aims Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has placed a significant strain
on national healthcare systems at a critical moment in the context of hepatitis elimination …