Background & Aims Accurate estimates for the contemporary burden of chronic liver disease
(CLD) are vital for setting clinical, research, and policy priorities. We aimed to review the …

Background Empirical, updated country-level estimates on the proportion of cirrhosis
attributable to viral hepatitis are required. We estimated the prevalence of hepatitis B virus …

Background Combating viral hepatitis is part of the UN Sustainable Development Goals
(SDGs), and WHO has put forth hepatitis B elimination targets in its Global Health Sector …

Liver disease accounts for approximately 2 million deaths per year worldwide, 1 million due
to complications of cirrhosis and 1 million due to viral hepatitis and hepatocellular …

Public databases contain a planetary collection of nucleic acid sequences, but their
systematic exploration has been inhibited by a lack of efficient methods for searching this …

Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a global public health challenge on the same
scale as tuberculosis, HIV, and malaria. The International Coalition to Eliminate HBV (ICE …

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Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection remains a global public health problem with changing
epidemiology due to several factors including vaccination policies and migration. This …

Progressive liver fibrosis, induced by chronic viral and metabolic disorders, leads to more
than one million deaths annually via development of cirrhosis, although no antifibrotic …

Summary Background The 69th World Health Assembly approved the Global Health Sector
Strategy to eliminate hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection by 2030, which can become a reality …