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ReviewJournal of viral hepatitis2024

The elimination of hepatitis D as a public health problem: Needs and challenges.

Thomas Vanwolleghem, Paige A Armstrong, Maria Buti, David FitzSimons, Sara Valckx, Greet Hendrickx, Pierre Van Damme

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Review in Journal of viral hepatitis, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
10citing papers in PubMed
3.2field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

10 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Low coverage of hepatitis D virus testing in individuals with hepatitis B virus and HIV, the Netherlands, 2000 to 2022.Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin · 2025
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  8. Multisociety consensus recommendations on hepatitis delta virus infection.Saudi journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Saudi Gastroenterology Association · 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 2 institutions in 5 countries.

Thomas VanwolleghemLaboratory for Experimental Medicine and Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-0572-8741
Paige A ArmstrongViral Hepatitis Prevention Board, Centre for the Evaluation of Vaccination (CEV), VAXINFECTIO, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
Maria ButiViral Hepatitis Prevention Board, Centre for the Evaluation of Vaccination (CEV), VAXINFECTIO, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
David FitzSimonsViral Hepatitis Prevention Board, Centre for the Evaluation of Vaccination (CEV), VAXINFECTIO, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
Sara ValckxViral Hepatitis Prevention Board, Centre for the Evaluation of Vaccination (CEV), VAXINFECTIO, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
Greet HendrickxViral Hepatitis Prevention Board, Centre for the Evaluation of Vaccination (CEV), VAXINFECTIO, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
Pierre Van DammeViral Hepatitis Prevention Board, Centre for the Evaluation of Vaccination (CEV), VAXINFECTIO, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
University of Antwerp · BECenters for Disease Control and Prevention · US

Funding

Intramural CDC HHS CC999999
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Infection with hepatitis D virus leads to liver disease and cancer most rapidly of all hepatitis viruses. However, knowledge about hepatitis D remains poor and the burden and impact are underestimated, even though some 12-15 million people mainly in low- and middle-income countries may be affected. Its epidemiology is changing, with increasing migration leading to increased risks of infection and disease. A recent Viral Hepatitis Prevention Board meeting reviewed the current epidemiological status, improvements in diagnostic testing, advances in the development of novel antiviral agents in phase III trials and the need for a greater public health response, such as new guidelines and recommended testing of all people newly identified as infected with hepatitis B virus for hepatitis D virus infection. It identified issues and needs for attention with regard to prevention, diagnosis and treatment.

Indexed as

Hepatitis DPublic HealthAntiviral AgentsHepatitis B virusHepatitis Delta VirusHumansAntiviral Agentsdiagnosisepidemiologyguidelineshepatitis D virus (HDV)public healthtreatment

Identifiers

PMID37789715
PMCPMC11042504
OpenAlexW4387326353

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.