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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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Early and late recurrence of surgically resected hepatitis B virus-related hepatocellular carcinoma on nucleos(t)ide analogues therapy

Chi-Jung Wu, +7 more
- 01 Aug 2021 - 
TL;DR: For HBV-HCC patients on NUCs treatment, tumor factors are associated with early recurrence, while HBsAg level and thrombocytopenia determines late recurrence; for patient with a high baseline HBs Ag level, warning of higher risk of recurrence is required even under N UCs treatment.
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Sero-Prevalence of Hepatitis B Virus and Associated Factors Among Pregnant Mothers Attending Antenatal Care in Public Health Facilities, Dire Dawa

Robel Mekonnen, +2 more
- 01 Jan 2018 - 
TL;DR: Assessment of the seroprevalence and associated factors of HBV infection among pregnant women attending antenatal care in public health facilities of Dire-Dawa, Eastern Ethiopia found screening all pregnant women for HBV should be made as part of routine antenatal Care service.
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Hepatitis B Infection among Parturient Women in Peri-Urban Ghana.

Charles Ampong Adjei, +7 more
- 01 Dec 2018 - 
TL;DR: In this paper, a cross-sectional survey examined the seroprevalence and knowledge of hepatitis B among pregnant women attending antenatal clinic (ANC) in a mission hospital in Ghana.
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Prenatal hepatitis B screening and associated factors in a high prevalence district of Lira, northern Uganda: a community based cross sectional study.

Paul Semakula Katamba, +3 more
- 26 Jul 2019 - 
TL;DR: The level of HBV screening among pregnant women in Lira was low and is mainly associated with perceived risk, age, access toHBV screening services and spousal education level.
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Continuing Besifovir Dipivoxil Maleate Versus Switching from Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate for Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis B: Results of 192-Week Phase 3 Trial.

Do Seon Song, +25 more
- 25 Jan 2021 - 
TL;DR: In this article, a 192-week extension study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy and safety of BSV in treatment-naive chronic hepatitis B patients, where patients continued to participate in an open-label BSV study after an initial 48-week double-blind comparison of the BSV and tenofovir disoproxil fumarate treatment.
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Preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses: the PRISMA statement

David Moher, +4 more
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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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