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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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High prevalence of hepatitis B infections in Burkina Faso (1996-2017): a systematic review with meta-analysis of epidemiological studies

Moussa Lingani, +9 more
- 25 Apr 2018 - 
TL;DR: Higher quality data are needed to produce reliable epidemiological estimates that will guide control efforts towards the achievement of the national strategic plan’s goals, and HBV has clearly an important burden in Burkina Faso.
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Perspectives and limitations for nucleo(t)side analogs in future HBV therapies.

Massimo Levrero, +5 more
- 01 Jun 2018 - 
TL;DR: The mode of action of current drugs (NAs and PEG IFN) and new classes of anti-HBV compounds are reviewed and the possible role of nucleo(t)side analogs in future combination therapies are considered.
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Knowledge and awareness of hepatitis B among households in Malaysia: a community-based cross-sectional survey.

Yogambigai Rajamoorthy, +11 more
- 10 Jan 2019 - 
TL;DR: Being Chinese, being older and having high educational attainment were determinants of having good awareness towards HepB, and participants who had good knowledge were 2.5 times more likely to also have good awareness.
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Implementing a Birth Dose of Hepatitis B Vaccine in Africa: Findings from Assessments in 5 Countries.

Edna Moturi, +8 more
TL;DR: Findings from assessments demonstrate how staff perceptions and lack of outreach programs to reach babies born outside health facilities with essential services are barriers for implementing timely delivery of HepB-BD vaccine.
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Predictors of response to pegylated interferon in chronic hepatitis B: a real-world hospital-based analysis.

Yin Chen Wang, +9 more
- 12 Jul 2016 - 
TL;DR: PEG-IFN treatment has durable HBeAg seroconversion in H beAg-positive CHB, but results in a high risk of relapse among HBe Ag-negative CHB patients, and pre-treatment HBsAg level is an important predictor of VR inCHB patients undergoing PEG-ifN treatment.
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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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