Thomas Berg
Humboldt State University
8 Papers
176 Citations
Thomas Berg is an academic researcher from Humboldt State University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Hepatitis C virus & Hepatitis. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 8 publications. Previous affiliations of Thomas Berg include Massachusetts Institute of Technology & Humboldt University of Berlin.
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Papers
Distribution of hepatitis C virus genotypes in German patients with chronic hepatitis C: correlation with clinical and virological parameters
TL;DR: Evidence is found that there is a changing relative prevalence of HCV genotypes in relation to age, and that the mode of transmission is reflected in the predominance of certain genotypes.
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Apolipoprotein E4 allele is associated with poor treatment response in hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 1.
Tobias Mueller,Reinhard Geßner,Christoph Sarrazin,Carola Graf,J. Halangk,Heiko Witt,Eckart Köttgen,Bertram Wiedenmann,Thomas Berg +8 more
TL;DR: The findings suggest that the presence of an apolipoprotein E4 allele goes along with lower SVR rates in chronic HCV infection, and this association is only significant in patients with HCV genotype 1 infection.
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Epidemiological and Clinical Aspects of Hepatitis G Virus Infection in Blood Donors and Immunocompromised Recipients of HGV-Contaminated Blood
H. G. Heuft,Thomas Berg,Eckart Schreier,U. Künkel,M. Tacke,N. Schwella,U. Hopf,A. Salama,D. Huhn +8 more
TL;DR: The persistence of transfusion-acquired HGV infection is not associated with acute or chronic hepatitis, but may be influenced by the recipient’s underlying disease.
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CC chemokine receptor 5 Δ32 polymorphism in two independent cohorts of hepatitis C virus infected patients without hemophilia
Hermann E. Wasmuth,Alexa Werth,Tobias Mueller,Thomas Berg,Christoph G. Dietrich,Andreas Geier,R. Schirin-Sokhan,Carsten Gartung,Johann Lorenzen,Siegfried Matern,Frank Lammert +10 more
TL;DR: Findings argue against a strong effect of the CCR5 Δ32 deletion regarding these phenotypes in two independent cohorts of patients with HCV infection but without hemophilia as the main risk factor for infection.
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Occurrence of a novel DNA virus (TTV) infection in patients with liver diseases and its frequency in blood donors.
Thomas Berg,Thomas Berg,Eckart Schreier,Hans-Gert Heuft,Marina Höhne,Wolf O. Bechstein,K Leder,Uwe Hopf,Peter Neuhaus,Bertram Wiedenmann +9 more
TL;DR: The high prevalence of TTV infections observed in patients with parenteral risk factors is an argument in favour of transmission of the virus via blood and blood products.
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