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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
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Issue 1/2023
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Excerpt
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]. …