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Open Access 01-12-2023 | Hepatitis D | Editorial

The challenges of viral hepatitis elimination: a global response to a global problem

Authors: Antony P. Black, Jack Wallace, Mawuena Binka, Zahid Ahmad Butt

Published in: BMC Public Health | Issue 1/2023

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Viral hepatitis is responsible for millions of chronic infections and deaths worldwide [1]. Often asymptomatic in the acute phase of illness, hepatitis C (HCV) and hepatitis B (HBV) viruses were responsible for 96% of viral hepatitis associated deaths in 2015, and remain major sources of morbidity and mortality globally [2]. Hepatitis D virus (HDV) infection exacerbates the outcome of HBV infection, while hepatitis A (HAV) and hepatitis E (HEV) viruses mostly cause acute infections. Together the threat they pose to public health prompted the World Health Organization (WHO) to establish a viral elimination agenda [3]. …

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Title: The challenges of viral hepatitis elimination: a global response to a global problem
Authors: Antony P. Black
Jack Wallace
Mawuena Binka
Zahid Ahmad Butt
Publication date: 01-12-2023
Publisher: BioMed Central
Keyword: Hepatitis D
Published in: BMC Public Health / Issue 1/2023
Electronic ISSN: 1471-2458
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-15960-w

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