Research Topics
Species | James L WilliamsSummaryAffiliation: Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium Country: USA Publications
| Collaborators
|
Detail Information
Publications
Brief report on the effect of providing single versus assorted brand name condoms to hospital patients: a descriptive studyJ L Williams
Viral Hepatitis Program, Alaska Native Medical Center, Anchorage, AK, USA
BMC Public Health 1:5. 2001..CONCLUSIONS: The provision of assorted brand name condoms, over a single brand name, can serve to increase condom acquisition. Locations of condoms and target population characteristics are related factors...
Evaluation of the response to a booster dose of hepatitis B vaccine in previously immunized healthcare workersJ L Williams
Alaska Native Medical Center, Viral Hepatitis Program, ANC HEP, 4315 Diplomacy Drive, Anchorage, AK 99508, USA
Vaccine 19:4081-5. 2001..However, the absolute duration of protection from immunization is unknown. The purpose of this randomized comparison trial was to determine how previously immunized HCW respond to different booster doses of hepatitis B vaccine...
Results of a hepatitis C general transfusion lookback program for patients who received blood products before July 1992James L Williams
Liver Disease and Hepatitis Program and the Community Health Aide Program, Division of Community Health Services, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Anchorage, Alaska 99508, USA
Transfusion 45:1020-6. 2005..A general transfusion lookback program was implemented to identify, counsel, and screen persons who received transfusions at the Alaska Native Medical Center between January 1980 and July 1992...
Hepatitis A vaccine: immunogenicity following administration of a delayed immunization schedule in infants, children and adultsJames L Williams
Viral Hepatitis Program, Alaska Native Medical Center, ANC HEP, 4315 Diplomacy Drive, 99508, Anchorage, AK, USA
Vaccine 21:3208-11. 2003..Findings suggest a booster administered 20-31 months after the primary dose is immunogenic and GMT in persons >2 years of age were comparable to those seen in adults and children who receive hepatitis A vaccine per schedule...
Results of a general hepatitis C lookback program for persons who received blood transfusions in a neonatal intensive care unit between January 1975 and July 1992Henry H Cagle
Liver Disease and Hepatitis Program, Division of Community Health, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Anchorage 99508, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 161:125-30. 2007..To notify persons who received a blood transfusion in a neonatal intensive care unit between January 1975 and July 1992 of their risk for hepatitis C infection and to encourage them to seek hepatitis C antibody testing...
Factors associated with the progression of fibrosis on liver biopsy in Alaska Native and American Indian persons with chronic hepatitis CStephen E Livingston
Liver Disease and Hepatitis Program, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium Liver Disease and Hepatitis Program, Anchorage, Alaska 99508, USA
Can J Gastroenterol 24:445-51. 2010..Various factors influence the development and rate of fibrosis progression in chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection...
Hepatitis B-associated vasculitis in Alaska Natives: viral genotype, clinical and serologic outcomeKathy J Hurlburt
Liver Disease and Hepatitis Program, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Anchorage, AK 99508, USA
Liver Int 27:627-32. 2007....
Hepatitis B virus genotypes in Alaska Native people with hepatocellular carcinoma: preponderance of genotype FStephen E Livingston
Liver Disease and Hepatitis Program, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Anchorage, AK 99508, USA
J Infect Dis 195:5-11. 2007..The development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in patients with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection has been associated with specific HBV genotypes and the presence of specific mutations...
Estimating the date of hepatitis C virus infection from patient interviews and antibody tests on stored seraDana L Bruden
Arctic Investigations Program, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Anchorage, Alaska 99508, USA
Am J Gastroenterol 99:1517-22. 2004..CONCLUSIONS: Inaccuracies in the length of HCV could occur in outcome studies that rely on patient recall of risk-factor history. Statistical methods that incorporate the uncertainty in assigning infection date are needed...
Prevalence of autoimmune liver disease in Alaska NativesKathy J Hurlburt
Viral Hepatitis Program, Alaska Native Medical Center, Anchorage 99508, USA
Am J Gastroenterol 97:2402-7. 2002..7). The prevalence of PBC was 16/100,000 (95% CI = 12.9-25.4). CONCLUSIONS: This population-based study demonstrates that the prevalence rates of AIH and PBC in Alaska natives are comparable with reported rates in other populations...
Differences in response to a hepatitis B vaccine booster dose among Alaskan children and adolescents vaccinated during infancyTaraz Samandari
Division of Viral Hepatitis, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Pediatrics 120:e373-81. 2007..The duration of protection provided by hepatitis B vaccination is unknown, but the presence of immune memory can be evaluated indirectly by measuring the immune response to a booster dose of vaccine...
