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Hepatitis B virus burden in developing countries
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Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection has shown an intermediate or high endemicity level in low-income countries over the last five decades. In recent years, however, the incidence of acute hepatitis B and the prevalence of hepatitis B surface antigen chronic carriers have decreased in several countries because of the HBV universal vaccination programs started in the nineties. Some countries, however, are still unable to implement these programs, particularly in their hyperendemic rural areas. The diffusion of HBV infection is still wide in several low-income countries where the prevention, management and treatment of HBV infection are a heavy burden for the governments and healthcare authorities. Of note, the information on the HBV epidemiology is scanty in numerous eastern European and Latin-American countries. The studies on molecular epidemiology performed in some countries provide an important contribution for a more comprehensive knowledge of HBV epidemiology, and phylogenetic studies provide information on the impact of recent and older migratory flows.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Zampino, R.
- Affiliations
- University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" (IT)
- Corresponding author
- Zampino, Rosa
- ORCID
- Zampino, Rosa
- Venue
- World Journal of Gastroenterology
- Publisher
- Baishideng Publishing Group Inc.
- Published
- 2015
- Volume
- 21
- Issue
- 42
- Pages
- 11941
- ISSN
- 1007-9327 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC4641116
- OpenAlex
- W2176322681
- Cited by
- 322
- References
- 177
- Citations by year
- 2026: 7 · 2025: 27 · 2024: 36 · 2023: 48 · 2022: 41 · 2021: 41 · 2020: 28 · 2019: 33 · 2018: 33 · 2017: 23 · 2016: 5
- FWCI
- 2.62
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by-nc
- Locations
- World Journal of Gastroenterology (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Archivio Istituzionale della Ricerca - Università degli Studi della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" (submittedVersion)
- World Journal of Gastroenterology
- Funders
- World Health Organization
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Hepatitis B Virus Studies
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Hepatology › Hepatitis C virus research
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Hepatology › Hepatitis Viruses Studies and Epidemiology
- Keywords
- hepatitis B virus, HBV endemicity, low-income countries, hepatitis B vaccination program, chronic HBsAg carriers, HBV epidemiology, molecular epidemiology, phylogenetic analysis, healthcare burden
- MeSH terms
- Acute Disease, Africa, Asia, Developing Countries, Europe, Hepatitis B, Humans, Latin America, Prognosis, Risk Factors, Time Factors, Incidence, Prevalence, Molecular Epidemiology, Hepatitis B, Chronic
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