Evidence map›Paper›PMID 37338616›Full record

ReviewDigestive diseases and sciences2023

Diagnosis and Management of Hepatitis Delta Virus Infection.

Calvin Pan, Robert Gish, Ira M Jacobson, Ke-Qin Hu, Heiner Wedemeyer, Paul Martin

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Review in Digestive diseases and sciences, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 32 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
32citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
9.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

32 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 44 citations in OpenAlex.

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  13. Cost-Effectiveness of One-time Universal Testing for Hepatitis D Among Adults With Chronic Hepatitis B in the United States.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Calvin Pan *Guangzhou Eighth People's Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8381-2367
Robert Gish *Robert G. Gish Consultants, LLC, 6022 La Jolla Mesa Dr, La Jolla, CA, 92037-7814, USA.
Ira M Jacobson *NYU Langone Gastroenterology Associates, 240 East 38Th Street, 23Rd Floor, New York, NY, 10016, USA.
Ke-Qin Hu *University of California, Irvine, 101 The City Dr S, Building 22C, Room 1503, Orange, CA, 92868, USA.
Heiner Wedemeyer *Clinic for Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endocrinology Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625, Hannover, Germany.
Paul Martin *University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1500 NW 12 AVE., E Tower #1101, Miami, FL, 33136, USA. Pmartin2@med.miami.edu.
Hepatitis B Foundation · USMedizinische Hochschule Hannover · DENYU Langone Health · USUniversity of California, Irvine · USUniversity of Miami · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hepatitis D virus (HDV) depends on hepatitis B virus (HBV) to enter and exit hepatocytes and to replicate. Despite this dependency, HDV can cause severe liver disease. HDV accelerates liver fibrosis, increases the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma, and hastens hepatic decompensation compared to chronic HBV monoinfection. The Chronic Liver Disease Foundation (CLDF) formed an expert panel to publish updated guidelines on the testing, diagnosis, and management of hepatitis delta virus. The panel group performed network data review on the transmission, epidemiology, natural history, and disease sequelae of acute and chronic HDV infection. Based on current available evidence, we provide recommendations for screening, testing, diagnosis, and treatment of hepatitis D infection and review upcoming novel agents that may expand treatment options. The CLDF recommends universal HDV screening for all patients who are Hepatitis B surface antigen-positive. Initial screening should be with an assay to detect antibodies generated against HDV (anti-HDV). Patients who are positive for anti-HDV IgG antibodies should then undergo quantitative HDV RNA testing. We also provide an algorithm that describes CLDF recommendations on the screening, diagnosis, testing, and initial management of Hepatitis D infection.

Indexed as

Hepatitis DHepatitis Delta VirusCoinfectionHepatitis B virusHumansSuperinfectionHDV Co-infectionHDV screeningHDV superinfectionHepatitis delta virusHepatitis D virus

Identifiers

PMID37338616
PMCPMC10374831
OpenAlexW4381308777

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