Estimations of worldwide prevalence of chronic hepatitis B virus infection: a systematic review of data published between 1965 and 2013.
Estimations of worldwide prevalence of chronic hepatitis B virus infection: a systematic review of data published between 1965 and 2013.
A. Schweitzer,J. Horn,2 Authors,J. J. Ott
2015 · DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(15)61412-X
The Lancet · 2,504 Citations
TLDR
This first global assessment of country-level population prevalence of chronic HBV infection found a wide variation between countries and highlights the need for continued prevention and control strategies and the collection of reliable epidemiologic data using standardised methodology.