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ArticleBMC infectious diseases2018

Estimating the scale of chronic hepatitis B virus infection among migrants in EU/EEA countries.

Amena A Ahmad, Abby M Falla, Erika Duffell, Teymur Noori, Angela Bechini, Ralf Reintjes, Irene K Veldhuijzen

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Article in BMC infectious diseases, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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33citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
4.7field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

33 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 58 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Estimates of hepatitis B virus prevalence among general population and key risk groups in EU/EEA/UK countries: a systematic review.Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin · 2023
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  9. Hepatitis B and C Screening and Linkage to Care in Migrants From Endemic Countries in Barcelona Through a Community Action.Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 5 institutions in 4 countries.

Amena A AhmadFaculty Life Sciences, Department of Health Sciences, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Ulmenliet 20, 21033, Hamburg, Germany. amenaalmes.ahmad@haw-hamburg.de.
Abby M FallaDepartment of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Wytemaweg 80, 3015, Rotterdam, CN, Netherlands.
Erika DuffellEuropean Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Granits väg 8, 171 65 Solna, Stockholm, Sweden.
Teymur NooriEuropean Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Granits väg 8, 171 65 Solna, Stockholm, Sweden.
Angela BechiniDepartment of Health Sciences, University of Florence, Viale G.B. Morgagni, 48, 50134, Florence, Italy.
Ralf ReintjesFaculty Life Sciences, Department of Health Sciences, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Ulmenliet 20, 21033, Hamburg, Germany.
Irene K VeldhuijzenDivision of Infectious Disease Control, Municipal Public Health Service Rotterdam-Rijnmond, Schiedamsedijk 95, 3011, Rotterdam, EN, Netherlands.
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control · SEHAW Hamburg · DEErasmus MC · NLNational Institute for Public Health and the Environment · NLUniversity of Florence · IT

Funding

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control ECD.4999
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

EuropeEuropean UnionHepatitis B, ChronicHepatitis B Surface AntigensHepatitis B virusHumansPopulation SurveillanceTransients and MigrantsHepatitis B Surface AntigensChronic viral hepatitisEpidemiologyEuropeHepatitis BMigrants

Identifiers

PMID29325525
PMCPMC5765695
OpenAlexW2784021620

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Registered trials

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