Estimating the epidemiology of chronic Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) infection in the UK: what do we know and what are we missing? [version 1; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations]

Estimating the epidemiology of chronic Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) infection in the UK: what do we know and what are we missing? [version 1; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations]

Background: HBV is the leading global cause of cirrhosis and primary liver cancer. However, the UK HBV population has not been well characterised, and estimates of UK HBV prevalence and/or incidence vary widely between sources. We summarised datasets that are available to represent UK CHB epidemiolo...

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Main Authors: Tingyan Wang, Philippa C Matthews, Julia Hippisley-Cox, Eleanor Barnes, Cori Campbell, Sema Mandal, Rebekah Burrow
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wellcome 2022-08-01
Series:Wellcome Open Research
Subjects:
hepatitis B virus
HBV
prevalence
epidemiology
eng
Online Access:https://wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/7-203/v1

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https://wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/7-203/v1

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