In efforts to inform public health decision makers, the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries,
and Risk Factors 2010 (GBD2010) Study aims to estimate the burden of disease using …

Currently, despite the use of a preventive vaccine for several decades as well as the use of
effective and well-tolerated viral suppressive medications since 1998, approximately 250 …

HCV infection, risk-based screening failed to identify the majority of individuals with HCV
infection due to both clinician and patient barriers.(9-12) Analysis of the 2003-2010 National …

Contemporary information on the fraction of cancers that potentially could be prevented is
useful for priority setting in cancer prevention and control. Herein, the authors estimate the …

Worldwide, some 240 million people have chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV), with the highest
rates of infection in Africa and Asia. Our understanding of the natural history of HBV infection …

Web Annexes Page 1 Page | i GUIDELINES ON HEPATITIS B AND C TESTING February 2017
GUIDELINES ANNEXES Page 2 Page | ii WHO guidelines on hepatitis B and C testing ISBN …

Continued elucidation of the mechanisms of hepatic fibrosis has yielded a comprehensive
and nuanced portrait of fibrosis progression and regression. The paradigm of hepatic …

Liver cancer is highly fatal, and death rates in the United States are increasing faster than for
any other cancer, having doubled since the mid‐1980s. In 2017, it is estimated that the …

Background & Aims According to the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), chronic
liver disease and cirrhosis is the 12 th leading cause of death in the United States. However …

Infection with hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a major medical problem with over 170 million
people infected worldwide. Substantial morbidity and mortality are associated with hepatic …