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ReviewPolish journal of microbiology2020

Hepatitis B Virus: From Diagnosis to Treatment.

Meryem Guvenir, Ayse Arikan

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Review in Polish journal of microbiology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 49 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
49citing papers in PubMed
4.1field-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

49 citing papers in PubMed, 81 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Meryem GuvenirNear East University, Vocational School of Health Services, Nicosia, Northern Cyprus.
Ayse ArikanNear East University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Microbiology, Nicosia, Northern Cyprus.
Near East University · CY

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hepatitis B infection is still a global concern progressing as acute-chronic hepatitis, severe liver failure, and death. The infection is most widely transmitted from the infected mother to a child, with infected blood and body fluids. Pregnant women, adolescents, and all adults at high risk of chronic infection are recommended to be screened for hepatitis B infection. The initial analysis includes serological tests that allow differentiation of acute and chronic hepatitis. Molecular assays performed provide detection and quantification of viral DNA, genotyping, drug resistance, and precore/core mutation analysis to confirm infection and monitor disease progression in chronic hepatitis B patients. All patients with chronic hepatitis B should be treated with antiviral medications and regularly monitored for efficient treatment. The current treatment is based on nucleos(t)ide analogs and pegylated interferons that save lives by decreasing liver cancer death, liver transplant, slow or reverse the progression of liver disease as well as the virus infectivity.

Indexed as

Hepatitis B virusAntiviral AgentsDNA, ViralHepatitis BHepatitis B AntibodiesHepatitis B AntigensHepatitis B, ChronicHumansMolecular Diagnostic TechniquesSerologic TestsViral LoadAntiviral AgentsDNA, ViralHepatitis B AntibodiesHepatitis B Antigensantiviral treatmenthepatitis B virus (HBV)nucleic acid testingserology

Identifiers

PMID33574867
PMCPMC7812357
OpenAlexW3117720755

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