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Estimations of worldwide prevalence of chronic hepatitis B virus infection: a systematic review of data published between 1965 and 2013.

Aparna Schweitzer, +4 more
- 17 Oct 2015 - 
- Vol. 386, Iss: 10003, pp 1546-1555
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This first global assessment of country-level population prevalence of chronic HBV infection found a wide variation between countries and highlights the need for continued prevention and control strategies and the collection of reliable epidemiologic data using standardised methodology.
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This article is published in The Lancet.The article was published on 2015-10-17. It has received 2130 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: HBsAg & Hepatitis B virus.

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International collaborative study on the 3rd WHO International Standard for hepatitis B surface antigen

Dianna E. Wilkinson, +10 more
- 01 Sep 2016 - 
TL;DR: 12/226 was established in October 2014 by the WHO Expert Committee on Biological Standardization as the 3rd IS for HBsAg with a potency of 47.3IU per ampoule maintaining the continuity in the standardization ofHBsAg assays.
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Intelligent hepatitis diagnosis using adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system and information gain method

Waheed Ahmad, +10 more
TL;DR: The obtained results show that the proposed intelligent system has a good diagnosis performance and can be applied as a promising tool for the diagnosis of hepatitis.
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Discovery and Selection of Hepatitis B Virus-Derived T Cell Epitopes for Global Immunotherapy Based on Viral Indispensability, Conservation, and HLA-Binding Strength.

Monique T A de Beijer, +9 more
- 17 Mar 2020 - 
TL;DR: A stringent selection procedure was applied to compose a combined overview of existing and novel HBV-derived T cell epitopes most promising for viral eradication, which lays the basis for the development of globally effective HBV antigen-specific immunotherapies.
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Comprehensive investigation of key biomarkers and pathways in hepatitis B virus-related hepatocellular carcinoma.

Xiwen Liao, +27 more
- 07 Sep 2019 - 
TL;DR: Key biomarkers and pathways identified in the present study may enhance the comprehend of the molecular mechanisms underlying hepatocarcinogenesis in HBV-related hepatocellular carcinoma.
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Risk factors of hepatitis B virus infection between vaccinated and unvaccinated groups among spouses in 2006 and 2014: a cross-sectional study in Beijing.

Yiwei Guo, +8 more
- 01 Jan 2020 - 
TL;DR: Prevalence of HBV infection was lower in 2014 than in 2006 according to HBsAg and anti-HBc positivity, and unvaccinated individuals faced much more risk of HBv infection than those of vaccinated.
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R Core Team
- 01 Jan 2014 - 
TL;DR: Copyright (©) 1999–2012 R Foundation for Statistical Computing; permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this manual provided the copyright notice and permission notice are preserved on all copies.
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Preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses: the PRISMA statement

David Moher, +4 more
- 21 Jul 2009 - 
TL;DR: Moher et al. as mentioned in this paper introduce PRISMA, an update of the QUOROM guidelines for reporting systematic reviews and meta-analyses, which is used in this paper.
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Preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses: the PRISMA Statement.

David Moher, +4 more
- 21 Jul 2009 - 
TL;DR: The QUOROM Statement (QUality Of Reporting Of Meta-analyses) as mentioned in this paper was developed to address the suboptimal reporting of systematic reviews and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
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Preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses: The PRISMA statement

David Moher, +4 more
- 01 Jan 2010 - 
TL;DR: A structured summary is provided including, as applicable, background, objectives, data sources, study eligibility criteria, participants, interventions, study appraisal and synthesis methods, results, limitations, conclusions and implications of key findings.
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Global, regional, and national age-sex specific all-cause and cause-specific mortality for 240 causes of death, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

Mohsen Naghavi, +731 more
- 10 Jan 2015 - 
TL;DR: In the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 (GBD 2013) as discussed by the authors, the authors used the GBD 2010 methods with some refinements to improve accuracy applied to an updated database of vital registration, survey, and census data.
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