Burden of liver disease in Europe: epidemiology and analysis of risk factors to identify prevention policies

L Pimpin, H Cortez-Pinto, F Negro, E Corbould… - Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
The burden of liver disease in Europe continues to grow. We aimed to describe the
epidemiology of liver diseases and their risk factors in European countries, identifying public …

Virus associated malignancies: the role of viral hepatitis in hepatocellular carcinoma

A Shlomai, YP de Jong, CM Rice - Seminars in cancer biology, 2014 - Elsevier
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the third leading fatal cancer worldwide and its
incidence continues to increase. Chronic viral hepatitis involving either hepatitis B virus …

[HTML][HTML] The current economic burden of cirrhosis

GW Neff, CW Duncan, ER Schiff - Gastroenterology & hepatology, 2011 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Cirrhosis is a worldwide problem that is associated with a substantial economic burden.
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, and alcoholic liver …

[HTML][HTML] Hepatitis B virus infection in the general population of Iran: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis

M Salehi-Vaziri, F Sadeghi, AA Hashiani… - Hepatitis …, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Results The polled estimated prevalence of HBV infection in the general population of Iran
was 2.2%(95% CI: 1.9%-2.6%). The highest prevalence of HBV infection (8.9%, 95% CI …

Recent advances in protective vaccines against hepatitis viruses: A narrative review

A Elbahrawy, H Atalla, M Alboraie, A Alwassief… - Viruses, 2023 - mdpi.com
Vaccination has been confirmed to be the safest and, sometimes, the only tool of defense
against threats from infectious diseases. The successful history of vaccination is evident in …

Efficacy and effectiveness of infant vaccination against chronic hepatitis B in the Gambia Hepatitis Intervention Study (1986–90) and in the nationwide immunisation …

TJ Peto, ME Mendy, Y Lowe, EL Webb… - BMC infectious …, 2014 - Springer
Background Gambian infants were not routinely vaccinated against hepatitis B virus (HBV)
before 1986. During 1986–90 the Gambia Hepatitis Intervention Study (GHIS) allocated …

Antibody response to hepatitis B virus vaccine is impaired in patients with inflammatory bowel disease on infliximab therapy

PK Pratt Jr, N David, HC Weber, FF Little… - Inflammatory bowel …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Background Studies have demonstrated an association between anti-TNF/
immunomodulator agents used in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and impaired hepatitis …

[HTML][HTML] Hepatitis B virus: where do we stand and what is the next step for eradication?

H Komatsu - World journal of gastroenterology: WJG, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract Hepatitis B (HB) virus (HBV) infection, which causes liver cirrhosis and
hepatocellular carcinoma, is endemic worldwide. Hepatitis B vaccines became commercially …

Prevalence of hepatitis B vaccination coverage and serologic evidence of immunity among US-born children and adolescents from 1999 to 2016

MH Le, YH Yeo, S So, ED Gane, RC Cheung… - JAMA network …, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Importance The World Health Assembly has called for the elimination of hepatitis B and C by
2030. As hepatitis B has no cure, the US strategy to eliminate hepatitis B has focused on …

A scalable synthesis of adjuvanting antigen depots based on metal–organic frameworks

RN Ehrman, OR Brohlin, YH Wijesundara… - Chemical …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Vaccines have saved countless lives by preventing and even irradicating infectious
diseases. Commonly used subunit vaccines comprising one or multiple recombinant …