ReviewWorld journal of gastroenterology2015
Hepatitis B virus burden in developing countries.
Review in World journal of gastroenterology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 141 papers, 17 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) Infection in Haitian Immigrants in Chile: Determination of HBV Genotypes, Viral Escape Mutants and Host Factors Influencing Response to Vaccination
The Effects of Vitamin D and Calcium Supplementation to Parathyroid Hormone in CHB Patients Treated With Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate
Who cites it
141 citing papers in PubMed, 17 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 326 citations in OpenAlex.
- Hepatitis B surface antigen seroprevalence in Morocco (2000-2024): a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC infectious diseases · 2025Pooled it
- Epidemiology of hepatitis B virus infection among pregnant women in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC infectious diseases · 2024Pooled it
- Practice on hepatitis B virus infection prevention and associated factors in Ethiopia: systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC infectious diseases · 2024Pooled it
- Seroprevalence of Hepatitis B virus surface antigen among African blood donors: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2024Pooled it
- Seroprevalence of viral hepatitis B and C infections among healthcare workers in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2024Pooled it
- Lamivudine and Entecavir for Acute Hepatitis B: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Viruses · 2023Pooled it
- Associations between the prevalence of chronic hepatitis B among people who inject drugs and country-level characteristics: An ecological analysis.Drug and alcohol review · 2023Pooled it
- Hepatitis B Virus in West African Children: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of HIV and Other Factors Associated with Hepatitis B Infection.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Pooled it
- The burden of Hepatitis B virus infection in Kenya: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2023Pooled it
- Epidemiology of occult hepatitis B and C in Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of infection and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Pooled it
- Diagnostic accuracy of LAMP assay for HBV infection.Journal of clinical laboratory analysis · 2020Pooled it
- Hepatitis B Virus Infection and Its Determinants among Pregnant Women in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Infectious diseases in obstetrics and gynecology · 2020Pooled it
- Lamivudine plus tenofovir combination therapy versus lamivudine monotherapy for HBV/HIV coinfection: a meta-analysis.Virology journal · 2018Pooled it
- Long-term impact of infant immunization on hepatitis B prevalence: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Bulletin of the World Health Organization · 2018Pooled it
- The prevalence and clinicopathological features of breast cancer patients with hepatitis B virus infection in China.Oncotarget · 2017Pooled it
- Hepatitis B virus reactivation and antiviral prophylaxis during lung cancer chemotherapy: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2017Pooled it
- Trial
- VN1K is a pangenome-informed multi-omics and phenomics resource for the Vietnamese population.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Plant Biofactories for Vaccination: Progress in Edible Vaccine Technologies as a Sustainable Approach to Global Immunization.Plant foods for human nutrition (Dordrecht, Netherlands) · 2026Review
81 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Authors and funding
7 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.
Funding
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Abstract
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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