Rifaat Safadi
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
221 Papers
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Rifaat Safadi is an academic researcher from Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Transplantation. The author has an hindex of 33, co-authored 189 publications. Previous affiliations of Rifaat Safadi include Bar-Ilan University & Hadassah Medical Center.
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Global prevalence and genotype distribution of hepatitis C virus infection in 2015: a modelling study
Sarah Blach,Stefan Zeuzem,Michael Manns,Ibrahim Altraif,Ann-Sofi Duberg,David H. Muljono,Imam Waked,Seyed M Alavian,Mei Hsuan Lee,Francesco Negro,Faisal Abaalkhail,Ahmed Abdou,Maheeba Abdulla,Antoine Abou Rached,Inka Aho,Ulus Salih Akarca,Imad Al Ghazzawi,Saad Al Kaabi,Faryal Al Lawati,Khalid Al Namaani,Youssif Al Serkal,Said A. Al-Busafi,Layla Al-Dabal,Soo Aleman,Abdullah S. Alghamdi,Abdulrahman Aljumah,Hamad Al-Romaihi,Monique Andersson,Vic Arendt,Perttu Arkkila,Abdullah M. Assiri,Oidov Baatarkhuu,Abate Bane,Ziv Ben-Ari,Colm Bergin,Fernando Bessone,Florian Bihl,Abdul Rahman Bizri,M. Blachier,Antonio Javier Blasco,Carlos E Brandão Mello,Philip Bruggmann,Cheryl Brunton,Filipe Calinas,Henry Lik-Yuen Chan,Asad Chaudhry,Hugo Cheinquer,Chien-Jen Chen,Rong-Nan Chien,Moon Seok Choi,Peer Brehm Christensen,Wan-Long Chuang,Vladimir Chulanov,Laura Cisneros,Mette Rye Clausen,Matthew E. Cramp,Antonio Craxì,E. A. Croes,Olav Dalgard,Jorge Daruich,Victor de Ledinghen,Gregory J. Dore,Manal H El-Sayed,Gül Ergör,Gamal Esmat,Chris Estes,Karolin Falconer,Elmoubashar Farag,Maria Lucia Gomes Ferraz,Paulo R. Ferreira,Robert Flisiak,Sona Frankova,Ivane Gamkrelidze,Edward Gane,Javier García-Samaniego,Akram Khan,Ilias Gountas,Adrian Goldis,Magnus Gottfredsson,Jason Grebely,Michael Gschwantler,Mario G. Pessoa,Jessie Gunter,Behzad Hajarizadeh,Omer Hajelssedig,Saeed Hamid,Waseem Hamoudi,Angelos Hatzakis,Sayed Himatt,Harald Hofer,Irena Hrstić,Yee Tak Hui,Béla Hunyady,Ramazan Idilman,Wasim Jafri,Rohani Jahis,Naveed Z. Janjua,Peter Jarcuska,Agita Jeruma,Jon G. Jonasson,Yasser Kamel,Jia-Horng Kao,Sabahattin Kaymakoglu,David Kershenobich,Jawad Khamis,Young Sik Kim,Loreta A. Kondili,Zaher Koutoubi,Mel Krajden,Henrik Krarup,Moon sing Lai,Wim Laleman,Wai-cheung C Lao,Daniel Lavanchy,Pablo Lázaro,Henri Leleu,Olufunmilayo A. Lesi,Laurentius A. Lesmana,Michael Li,Valentina Liakina,Young-Suk Lim,Boris Lukšić,Adam Mahomed,Matti Maimets,Mihály Makara,Abraham O. Malu,Rui Tato Marinho,Paul Marotta,Stefan Mauss,Muhammad S. Memon,Maria C Mendes Correa,Nahum Méndez-Sánchez,Shahin Merat,Ammal M. Metwally,Rosmawati Mohamed,Christophe Moreno,Fadi H. Mourad,Beat Müllhaupt,Kimberly Murphy,Helen Nde,Richard Njouom,Diana Nonković,Suzanne Norris,Solomon Obekpa,Stephen Oguche,S. Olafsson,Marian Oltman,Ogu Omede,CE Omuemu,Ohene Opare-Sem,Anne Øvrehus,Shirley Owusu-Ofori,Tsendsuren S. Oyunsuren,George V. Papatheodoridis,Ken Pasini,Kevork M. Peltekian,Richard Phillips,N. N. Pimenov,Hossein Poustchi,Nishi Prabdial-Sing,Huma Qureshi,Alnoor Ramji,Devin Razavi-Shearer,Kathryn Razavi-Shearer,Berhane Redae,Henk W. Reesink,Ezequiel Ridruejo,Sarah Robbins,Lewis R. Roberts,Stuart K. Roberts,William Rosenberg,Françoise Roudot-Thoraval,Stephen D. Ryder,Rifaat Safadi,Olga Sagalova,Riina Salupere,Faisal M. Sanai,Juan F.Sanchez Avila,Vivek A. Saraswat,Rui Sarmento-Castro,Christoph Sarrazin,Jonathan Schmelzer,Ivan Schréter,Carole Seguin-Devaux,Samir Shah,Ala I. Sharara,Manik Sharma,Anatoly Shevaldin,Gamal Shiha,William Sievert,Mark W. Sonderup,Kyriakos Souliotis,Danute Speiciene,Jan Sperl,Peter Stärkel,Rudolf E. Stauber,Catherine A.M. Stedman,Daniel Struck,Tung-Hung Su,Vana Sypsa,Soek Siam Tan,Junko Tanaka,Alexander J. Thompson,Ieva Tolmane,Krzysztof Tomasiewicz,Jonas Valantinas,Pierre Van Damme,Adriaan J. van der Meer,Ingo van Thiel,Hans Van Vlierberghe,Adriana Vince,Wolfgang Vogel,Heiner Wedemeyer,Nina Weis,Vincent Ws Wong,Cesar Yaghi,Ayman Yosry,Man-Fung Yuen,Evy Yunihastuti,Aasim Yusuf,Eli Zuckerman,Homie Razavi +221 more
TL;DR: The global estimate of viraemic HCV infections is lower than previous estimates, largely due to more recent prevalence estimates in Africa, and increased mortality due to liver-related causes and an ageing population may have contributed to a reduction in infections.
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Global prevalence, treatment, and prevention of hepatitis B virus infection in 2016: a modelling study
Devin Razavi-Shearer,Ivane Gamkrelidze,Mindie H. Nguyen,Ding-Shinn Chen,Pierre Van Damme,Zaigham Abbas,Maheeba Abdulla,Antoine Abou Rached,Danjuma Adda,Inka Aho,Ulus Salih Akarca,Fuad Hasan,Faryal Al Lawati,Khalid Al Naamani,Hamad I. Al-Ashgar,Seyed M Alavian,Sameer Alawadhi,Agustín Albillos,Said A. Al-Busafi,Soo Aleman,Faleh Z. Al-Faleh,Abdulrahman Aljumah,Anil C. Anand,Nguyen Thu Anh,Joop E. Arends,Perttu Arkkila,Kostas Athanasakis,Abate Bane,Ziv Ben-Ari,Thomas Berg,Abdul Rahman Bizri,Sarah Blach,Carlos E Brandão Mello,Samantha M Brandon,Bisi Bright,Philip Bruggmann,Maurizia Rossana Brunetto,Maria Buti,Henry Lik-Yuen Chan,Asad Chaudhry,Rong-Nan Chien,Moon Seok Choi,Peer Brehm Christensen,Wan-Long Chuang,Vladimir Chulanov,Mette Rye Clausen,Massimo Colombo,Markus Cornberg,Benjamin C Cowie,Antonio Craxì,E. A. Croes,Diego Alberto Cuellar,Chris Cunningham,Hailemichael Desalegn,Sylvia Drazilova,Ann-Sofi Duberg,Steve S Egeonu,Manal H El-Sayed,Chris Estes,Karolin Falconer,Maria Lucia Gomes Ferraz,Paulo R. Ferreira,Robert Flisiak,Sona Frankova,Giovanni Battista Gaeta,Javier García-Samaniego,Jordan Genov,Jan Gerstoft,Adrian Goldis,Ilias Gountas,Richard Gray,Mario G. Pessoa,Behzad Hajarizadeh,Angelos Hatzakis,Christophe Hézode,Sayed Himatt,Andy I. M. Hoepelman,Irena Hrstić,Yee Tak Hui,Petr Husa,Rohani Jahis,Naveed Z. Janjua,Peter Jarcuska,Jerzy Jaroszewicz,Sabahattin Kaymakoglu,David Kershenobich,Loreta A. Kondili,Aliya Konysbekova,Mel Krajden,Pavol Kristian,Wim Laleman,Wai-cheung C Lao,Jen Layden,Jeffrey V. Lazarus,Mei Hsuan Lee,Valentina Liakina,Young-Suk Lim,Ching-kong K Loo,Boris Lukšić,Reza Malekzadeh,Abraham O. Malu,Adkhamjon Mamatkulov,Michael Manns,Rui Tato Marinho,Mojca Matičič,Stefan Mauss,Muhammad S. Memon,Maria C Mendes Correa,Nahum Méndez-Sánchez,Shahin Merat,Ammal M. Metwally,Rosmawati Mohamed,Jacques E Mokhbat,Christophe Moreno,Joël Mossong,Fadi H. Mourad,Beat Müllhaupt,Kimberly Murphy,Erkin Musabaev,Arif Nawaz,Helen Nde,Francesco Negro,Alexander Nersesov,Van Thi Thuy Nguyen,Richard Njouom,Renovat Ntagirabiri,Zuridin Nurmatov,Solomon Obekpa,Ponsiano Ocama,Stephen Oguche,Ogu Omede,CE Omuemu,Ohene Opare-Sem,Christopher K Opio,Necati Örmeci,George V. Papatheodoridis,Ken Pasini,N. N. Pimenov,Hossein Poustchi,Trân D Quang,Huma Qureshi,Alnoor Ramji,Kathryn Razavi-Shearer,Berhane Redae,Henk W. Reesink,Cielo Yaneth Rios,Gabriela Rjaskova,Sarah Robbins,Lewis R. Roberts,Stuart K. Roberts,Stephen D. Ryder,Rifaat Safadi,Olga Sagalova,Riina Salupere,Faisal M. Sanai,Juan Francisco Sánchez-Ávila,Vivek A. Saraswat,Christoph Sarrazin,Jonathan Schmelzer,Ivan Schréter,Julia A. Scott,Carole Seguin-Devaux,Samir Shah,Ala I. Sharara,Manik Sharma,Gamal Shiha,Tesia Shin,William Sievert,Jan Sperl,Peter Stärkel,Catherine A.M. Stedman,Vana Sypsa,Frank Tacke,Soek Siam Tan,Junko Tanaka,Krzysztof Tomasiewicz,Petr Urbánek,Adriaan J. van der Meer,Hans Van Vlierberghe,Stefano Vella,Adriana Vince,Yasir Waheed,Imam Waked,Nick Walsh,Nina Weis,Vincent Wai-Sun Wong,Joseph Woodring,Cesar Yaghi,Hwai I. Yang,Chung-Lin Yang,Kakharman Yesmembetov,Ayman Yosry,Man-Fung Yuen,Muhammed Aasim M Yusuf,Stefan Zeuzem,Homie Razavi +195 more
TL;DR: The estimate of HBV prevalence in 2016 differs from previous studies, potentially because it took into account the effect of infant prophylaxis and early childhood vaccination, as well as changing prevalence over time.
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Long‐term entecavir therapy results in the reversal of fibrosis/cirrhosis and continued histological improvement in patients with chronic hepatitis B
Ting-Tsung Chang,Yun Fan Liaw,Shun Sheng Wu,Eugene R. Schiff,Kwang Hyub Han,Ching-Lung Lai,Rifaat Safadi,Samuel S. Lee,Waldemar Halota,Zachary Goodman,Yunchan Chi,Hui Zhang,R. Hindes,Uchenna H. Iloeje,Suzanne Beebe,Bruce Kreter +15 more
TL;DR: The majority of nucleoside‐naive patients with CHB who were treated with entecavir in this long‐term cohort achieved substantial histological improvement and regression of fibrosis or cirrhosis.
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Global change in hepatitis C virus prevalence and cascade of care between 2015 and 2020: a modelling study.
Sarah Blach,Norah A. Terrault,Frank Tacke,Ivane Gamkrelidze,Antonio Craxì,Junzo Tanaka,Imam Waked,Gregory J. Gores,Zaigham Abbas,Ayat R. Abdallah,Maheeba Abdulla,Alessio Aghemo,Inka Aho,Ulus Salih Akarca,Abduljaleel Alalwan,Marianne Alanko Blomé,Said A. Al-Busafi,Soo Aleman,Abdullah S. Alghamdi,Waleed Al-Hamoudi,Abdulrahman Aljumah,Khalid Al-Naamani,Y. Al Serkal,Ibrahim Altraif,Anil C. Anand,Motswedi Anderson,Monique Andersson,Kostas Athanasakis,Oidov Baatarkhuu,Shokhista R Bakieva,Ziv Ben-Ari,Fernando Bessone,Mia J. Biondi,Abdul Rahman Bizri,Carlos E. Brandao-Mello,Krestina Stepanovna Brigida,Kimberly A. Brown,Robert S. Brown,Philip Bruggmann,Maurizia Rossana Brunetto,Dana Busschots,Maria Buti,Maia Butsashvili,Joaquín Cabezas,Chungman Chae,Viktorija Chaloska Ivanova,Henry Lik-Yuen Chan,Hugo Cheinquer,Ken Cheng,Myeong-Eun Cheon,Cheng-Hung Chien,Rong-Nan Chien,Gourdas Choudhuri,P. R. Christensen,Wan-Long Chuang,Vladimir Chulanov,Laura Cisneros,Barbara Coco,Fernando Contreras,Markus Cornberg,Matthew E. Cramp,Javier Crespo,Fuqiang Cui,Chris Cunningham,Lucy Dagher Abou,Olav Dalgard,Doan Y. Dao,Victor de Ledinghen,Moutaz Derbala,Keshab Deuba,K. K. Dhindsa,Samsuridjal Djauzi,Sylvia Drazilova,Ann-Sofi Duberg,Mohammed E. Elbadri,Manal H El-Sayed,Gamal Esmat,Chris Estes,Sameera Ezzat,Martti Färkkilä,Laurent Ferradini,Maria Lucia Gomes Ferraz,Paulo R. Ferreira,Tajana Filipec Kanizaj,Robert Flisiak,Sona Frankova,James Fung,Amiran Gamkrelidze,Edward Gane,Virginia Guerrero-García,Javier García-Samaniego,Manik Gemilyan,Jordan Genov,Liana Gheorghe,Pierre Gholam,Adrian Goldis,Magnus Gottfredsson,Richard Gray,Jason Grebely,Michael Gschwantler,Behzad Hajarizadeh,Saeed Hamid,Waseem Hamoudi,Angelos Hatzakis,Margaret Hellard,Sayed Himatt,Harald Hofer,Irena Hrstić,Béla Hunyady,Petr Husa,Azra Husic-Selimovic,Wasim Jafri,Martin Janicko,Naveed Z. Janjua,Peter Jarcuska,Jerzy Jaroszewicz,Anna Jerkeman,Agita Jeruma,Jidong Jia,Jon G. Jonasson,Martin Kåberg,Kelly Kaita,Kulpash S Kaliaskarova,Jia-Horng Kao,Omor Kasymov,Angela Kelly-Hanku,Faryal Khamis,Jawad Khamis,Aamir G. Khan,Lekey Khandu,Ibtissam Khoudri,Knut Kielland,Do Young Kim,N. Kodjoh,Loreta A. Kondili,Mel Krajden,Henrik Krarup,Pavol Kristian,Jisoo A. Kwon,Martin Lagging,Wim Laleman,Wai-cheung C Lao,Daniel Lavanchy,Pablo Hernández Lázaro,Jeffrey V. Lazarus,Alice Lee,Mei Hsuan Lee,Michael K. K. Li,Valentina Liakina,Young-Suk Lim,Arthur Löve,Boris Lukšić,S. M. Machekera,Abraham O. Malu,Rui Tato Marinho,Mojca Matičič,Hailemichael Desalegn Mekonnen,Maria Cassia Mendes-Correa,Nahum Méndez-Sánchez,Shahin Merat,Berhan Meshesha,Håvard Midgard,Mike Mills,Rosmawati Mohamed,E Mooneyhan,Christophe Moreno,David H. Muljono,Beat Müllhaupt,Erkin Musabaev,Gaëtan Muyldermans,Yvonne Ayerki Nartey,Marcelo Contardo Moscoso Naveira,Francesco Negro,Alexander Nersesov,Richard Njouom,Renovat Ntagirabiri,Zuridin Nurmatov,Solomon Obekpa,Stephen Oguche,S. Olafsson,Janus P. Ong,Ohene Opare-Sem,Mauricio Orrego,Anne Øvrehus,Calvin Q. Pan,George V. Papatheodoridis,Markus Peck-Radosavljevic,Mario G. Pessoa,Richard Phillips,N. N. Pimenov,Dijana Plaseska-Karanfilska,Nishi Prabdial-Sing,Pankaj Puri,Huma Qureshi,Aninda Rahman,Alnoor Ramji,Devin Razavi-Shearer,Kathryn Razavi-Shearer,Ezequiel Ridruejo,Cielo Yaneth Ríos-Hincapie,Seema Rizvi,Geert Robaeys,Lewis R. Roberts,Stuart K. Roberts,Stephen D. Ryder,Shakhlo Sadirova,Umar Saeed,Rifaat Safadi,Olga Sagalova,Sanaa Said,Riina Salupere,Faisal M. Sanai,Juan Francisco Sánchez-Ávila,Vivek A. Saraswat,Christoph Sarrazin,Gulya Sarybayeva,Carole Seguin-Devaux,Ala I. Sharara,Mahdi Sheikh,Abate B. Shewaye,William Sievert,Kaarlo Simojoki,Marieta Y Simonova,Mark W. Sonderup,C Wendy Spearman,Jan Sperl,Rudolf E. Stauber,Catherine A.M. Stedman,Tung-Hung Su,A. Suleiman,Vana Sypsa,Natalia Tamayo Antabak,Soek Siam Tan,Tammo L. Tergast,P. Thurairajah,Ieva Tolmane,Krzysztof Tomasiewicz,Maia Tsereteli,Benjamin Uzochukwu,David A. M. C. van de Vijver,Daniela K van Santen,Hans Van Vlierberghe,Berend J. van Welzen,Thomas Vanwolleghem,Patricia Vélez‐Möller,Federico G. Villamil,Adriana Vince,Yasir Waheed,Nina Weis,Vincent Wai-Sun Wong,Cesar Yaghi,Kakharman Yesmembetov,Ayman Yosry,Man-Fung Yuen,Evy Yunihastuti,Stefan Zeuzem,Eli Zuckerman,Homie Razavi +257 more
TL;DR: In this article , a literature review, Delphi process, and mathematical modelling were used to estimate hepatitis C virus (HCV) prevalence (viraemic infection, defined as HCV RNA-positive cases) and the cascade of care among people of all ages (age ≥ 0 years from birth) for the period between Jan 1, 2015 and Dec 31, 2030.
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BASIC-LIVER, PANCREAS, AND BILIARY TRACT Immune Stimulation of Hepatic Fibrogenesis by CD8 Cells and Attenuation by Transgenic Interleukin-10 From Hepatocytes
Rifaat Safadi,Masayuki Ohta,Carlos E. Alvarez,M. Isabel Fiel,Meena B. Bansal,Wajahat Z. Mehal,Scott L. Friedman +6 more
- 01 Jan 2004
TL;DR: Transgenic expression of ril-10 in liver leads to reduced fibrosis and alterations in liver lymphocyte subsets both in untreated liver and following fibrosis induction, suggesting that rIL-10's antifibrotic effect was lymphocyte mediated.
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