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Ala I. Sharara

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Global prevalence, treatment, and prevention of hepatitis B virus infection in 2016: a modelling study

2018

PubMed: 29599078

0301 basic medicineBIOMEDICINE AND HEALTHCARE. Clinical Medical Sciences.HBsAgPediatricsDelphi TechniqueInfectious Disease TransmissionCHRONIC HBV INFECTION ; NATURAL-HISTORY ; FOLLOW-UP ; HBSAG ; CARRIERS ; AGE ; COUNTRIES ; DISEASE ; ANTIGEN ; COHORTddc:616.07Global Healthmedicine.disease_causeDISEASE0302 clinical medicinePrevalenceHBVChildddc:616Antiviral Agents/therapeutic useeducation.field_of_studyBIOMEDICINA I ZDRAVSTVO. Kliničke medicinske znanosti.Chronic/drug therapy/epidemiology/prevention & control/transmissionGastroenterologyHepatitis B Surface Antigens/bloodHepatitis BCARRIERSHepatitis B10219 Clinic for Gastroenterology and HepatologyChild Preschool030211 gastroenterology & hepatologyViral hepatitisViral loadCOUNTRIESAdultmedicine.medical_specialtyHepatitis B vaccineANTIGENPopulation610 Medicine & healthAntiviral AgentsMass VaccinationHepatology; Gastroenterology03 medical and health sciencesHepatitis B ChronicHBSAGAGESDG 3 - Good Health and Well-beingmedicineHumansCOHORT2715 GastroenterologyPreschooleducationDisease burdenHepatitis B virusHepatitis B Surface AntigensHepatologybusiness.industryViral VaccinesNATURAL-HISTORYmedicine.diseaseInfectious Disease Transmission VerticalCHRONIC HBV INFECTIONVertical/prevention & control030104 developmental biology2721 HepatologyHuman medicineFOLLOW-UPbusiness
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Global prevalence and genotype distribution of hepatitis C virus infection in 2015:a modelling study

2017

WOS: 000426979400014

Viremia/epidemiologyPopulation ageingmedicine.medical_specialtyCIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y DE LA SALUDDelphi TechniqueGenotypeVoxilaprevirGenotype Global Health Hepatitis C Eradication Modelling studyMedicina Clínicaddc:616.07Global HealthBioinformatics03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineCost of IllnessEpidemiologyJournal ArticlemedicineGlobal healthPrevalenceHumansViremia030212 general & internal medicineDisease EradicationDisease burdenddc:616HepatologyHepatitis C Chronic/epidemiologybusiness.industryGastroenterologyHepatitis CGlecaprevirHepatitis C Chronicmedicine.diseaseViremia/epidemiology/geneticsPibrentasvirGlobal Health/statistics & numerical dataHCVHEPATITIS C030211 gastroenterology & hepatologyMedicina Critica y de EmergenciaHuman medicinebusinessChronic/epidemiology/genetics/prevention & controlDemography
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The case for simplifying and using absolute targets for viral hepatitis elimination goals

2021

The 69th World Health Assembly endorsed the Global Health Sector Strategy for Viral Hepatitis, embracing a goal to eliminate hepatitis infection as a public health threat by 2030. This was followed by the World Health Organization's (WHO) global targets for the care and management of hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections. These announcements and targets were important in raising awareness and calling for action; however, tracking countries’ progress towards these elimination goals has provided insights to the limitations of these targets. The existing targets compare a country's progress relative to its 2015 values, penalizing countries who started their programmes …

ddc:616Carcinoma HepatocellularHepatologyHepatitis Viral Humanbusiness.industryLiver Neoplasmsddc:616.07medicine.diseaseWorld Health OrganizationVirologydigestive system diseasesGoalInfectious DiseasesAbsolute (philosophy)SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-beingVirologymedicineHumansViral hepatitisbusinessGoalsHuman
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