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

The quantification of the burden of disease attributable to hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and the adaptation of prevention and control measures requires knowledge on its prevalence in the general population. For most countries such data are not routinely available. We estimated the national, reg...

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Published in:	The Lancet (British edition) Vol. 386; no. 10003; pp. 1546 - 1555
Main Authors:	Schweitzer, Aparna, Horn, Johannes, Mikolajczyk, Rafael T, Krause, Gérard, Ott, Jördis J
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England Elsevier Ltd 17.10.2015 Elsevier Limited
Subjects:	Global health Global Health - statistics & numerical data Hepatitis Hepatitis B virus Hepatitis B, Chronic - epidemiology Humans Infections Internal Medicine Morbidity Prevalence Prevention Risk Factors Studies Systematic review
ISSN:	0140-6736, 1474-547X, 1474-547X
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