作者
Charline Leroi, Pierrick Adam, Woottichai Khamduang, Suttipong Kawilapat, Nicole Ngo-Giang-Huong, Sumet Ongwandee, Suchada Jiamsiri, Gonzague Jourdain
发表日期
2016/10/1
来源
International Journal of Infectious Diseases
卷号
51
页码范围
36-43
出版商
Elsevier
简介
Objective
To estimate the number of people living in Thailand with chronic hepatitis B (CHB), a major cause of liver cirrhosis and cancer, in view of the implementation of programs to prevent CHB complications.
Methods
Using PubMed/Medline and ScienceDirect, all studies reporting hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) seroprevalence estimates conducted in Thailand and published between 1975 and 2015 were reviewed systematically. Pooled prevalence estimates and their 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated, and potential sources of heterogeneity investigated.
Results
A high heterogeneity was observed between prevalence estimates. There was a significant decrease in the 150 estimates of HBsAg prevalence with more recent decades of birth (p < 0.001), even before the implementation of the national universal immunization program in 1992. When restricted to the general population, the pooled …
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