Issue Special Issue 1/2017
Testing for chronic hepatitis B and C – a global perspective
Content (15 Articles)
WHO guidelines on testing for hepatitis B and C – meeting targets for testing
Margaret E. Hellard, Roger Chou, Philippa Easterbrook
Methodological challenges in appraising evidence on diagnostic testing for WHO guidelines on hepatitis B and hepatitis C virus infection
Roger Chou, Philippa Easterbrook, Margaret Hellard
Diagnostic accuracy of tests to detect hepatitis B surface antigen: a systematic review of the literature and meta-analysis
Ali Amini, Olivia Varsaneux, Helen Kelly, Weiming Tang, Wen Chen, Debrah I. Boeras, Jane Falconer, Joseph D. Tucker, Roger Chou, Azumi Ishizaki, Philippa Easterbrook, Rosanna W. Peeling
Diagnostic accuracy of tests to detect Hepatitis C antibody: a meta-analysis and review of the literature
Weiming Tang, Wen Chen, Ali Amini, Debi Boeras, Jane Falconer, Helen Kelly, Rosanna Peeling, Olivia Varsaneux, Joseph D. Tucker, Philippa Easterbrook
One or two serological assay testing strategy for diagnosis of HBV and HCV infection? The use of predictive modelling
John V. Parry, Philippa Easterbrook, Anita R. Sands
Diagnostic accuracy of detection and quantification of HBV-DNA and HCV-RNA using dried blood spot (DBS) samples – a systematic review and meta-analysis
Berit Lange, Teri Roberts, Jennifer Cohn, Jamie Greenman, Johannes Camp, Azumi Ishizaki, Luke Messac, Edouard Tuaillon, Philippe van de Perre, Christine Pichler, Claudia M. Denkinger, Philippa Easterbrook
Diagnostic accuracy of serological diagnosis of hepatitis C and B using dried blood spot samples (DBS): two systematic reviews and meta-analyses
Berit Lange, Jennifer Cohn, Teri Roberts, Johannes Camp, Jeanne Chauffour, Nina Gummadi, Azumi Ishizaki, Anupriya Nagarathnam, Edouard Tuaillon, Philippe van de Perre, Christine Pichler, Philippa Easterbrook, Claudia M. Denkinger
Economic evaluations of HBV testing and treatment strategies and applicability to low and middle-income countries
Shevanthi Nayagam, Elisa Sicuri, Maud Lemoine, Philippa Easterbrook, Lesong Conteh, Timothy B. Hallett, Mark Thursz
Economic evaluation of HCV testing approaches in low and middle income countries
Jake R. Morgan, Maria Servidone, Philippa Easterbrook, Benjamin P. Linas
Survey of programmatic experiences and challenges in delivery of hepatitis B and C testing in low- and middle-income countries
Azumi Ishizaki, Julie Bouscaillou, Niklas Luhmann, Stephanie Liu, Raissa Chua, Nick Walsh, Sarah Hess, Elena Ivanova, Teri Roberts, Philippa Easterbrook
Trends in hepatitis B virus testing practices and management in HIV clinics across sub-Saharan Africa
Patrick A. Coffie, Matthias Egger, Michael J. Vinikoor, Marcel Zannou, Lameck Diero, Akouda Patassi, Mark H. Kuniholm, Moussa Seydi, Guillaume Bado, Ponsiano Ocama, Monique I. Andersson, Eugène Messou, Albert Minga, Philippa Easterbrook, Kathryn Anastos, François Dabis, Gilles Wandeler
Values, preferences and current hepatitis B and C testing practices in low- and middle-income countries: results of a survey of end users and implementers
Elena Ivanova Reipold, Alessandra Trianni, Douglas Krakower, Stefano Ongarello, Teri Roberts, Philippa Easterbrook, Claudia Denkinger
Optimising diagnosis of viraemic hepatitis C infection: the development of a target product profile
Elena Ivanova Reipold, Philippa Easterbrook, Alessandra Trianni, Nivedha Panneer, Douglas Krakower, Stefano Ongarello, Teri Roberts, Veronica Miller, Claudia Denkinger
The HepTestContest: a global innovation contest to identify approaches to hepatitis B and C testing
Joseph D. Tucker, Kathrine Meyers, John Best, Karyn Kaplan, Razia Pendse, Kevin A. Fenton, Isabelle Andrieux-Meyer, Carmen Figueroa, Pedro Goicochea, Charles Gore, Azumi Ishizaki, Giten Khwairakpam, Veronica Miller, Antons Mozalevskis, Michael Ninburg, Ponsiano Ocama, Rosanna Peeling, Nick Walsh, Massimo G. Colombo, Philippa Easterbrook
The future of viral hepatitis testing: innovations in testing technologies and approaches
Rosanna W. Peeling, Debrah I. Boeras, Francesco Marinucci, Philippa Easterbrook