Epidemiology of hepatitis B virus infection in the Asia-Pacific region

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 15, Issue SUPPL. MAY, 2000, Pages

  Chen, Chien Jen ^a   Wang, Li Yu ^a   Yu, Ming Whei ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

CONFERENCE PAPER; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VACCINATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0033920037     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1746.2000.02124.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (25)

1. Beasley RP, Hwang LY, Lin CC et al. Hepatocellular carcinoma and hepatitis B virus: A prospective study of 22 707 men in Taiwan. Lancet 1981; ii: 1129-33.
2. Beasley RP, Hwang LY, Lin CC et al. Incidence of hepatitis B virus infection in preschool children in Taiwan. J. Infect. Dis. 1982; 146: 198-204.
3. Beasley RP, Hwang LY, Lin CC, Ko YC, Twu SJ. Incidence of hepatitis among students at a University in Taiwan. Am. J. Epidemiol. 1983; 117: 213-22.
4. Beasley RP, Lin CC, Chien CS et al. Geographic distribution of HBsAg carriers in China. Hepatology 1982; 5: 553-6.
5. Beasley RP, Trepo C, Stevens CE, Szmuness W. The e antigen and vertical transmission of hepatitis B surface antigen. Am. J. Epidemiol. 1977; 94-8.
6. Chang MH, Chen CJ, Lai MS et al. Universal hepatitis B vaccination in Taiwan and the incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma in children. N. Engl. J. Med. 1997; 336: 1855-9.
7. Chen CJ, Hwang SJ, Fang KY et al. Seroepidemiology of human T-lymphotropic viruses and hepatitis viruses among prostitutes in Taiwan. J. Infect. Dis. 1988; 158: 633-5.
8. Chen CJ, Tseng SF, Lu CF et al. Current seroepidemiology of hepatitis D virus infection among hepatitis B surface antigen carriers of general and high-risk populations in Taiwan. J. Med. Virol. 1992; 38: 97-101.
9. Chen CJ, You CY, You SL, Lu CF, Hsu ST. Seroepidemiology of hepatitis A, B and D viruses among children in Taiwan. In: Sung JL, Chen DS (eds). Viral Hepatitis and Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Amsterdam: Excerpta Medica, 1990: 9-15.
10. Chen CJ, Yu MW, Liaw YF. Epidemiologic characteristics and risk factors of hepatocellular carcinoma. J. Gastroenterol. Hepatol. 1997; 12 (Suppl.): S294-308.
11. Chen DS, Sung JL. Studies on the subtypes of hepatitis B surface antigen: Demonstration of vertical and intrafamilial transmission of hepatitis B virus. J. Formos. Med. Assoc. 1978; 77: 263-71.
12. Chen DS, Sung JL, Lai MY. A seroepidemiologic study of hepatitis B virus infection in Taiwan. J. Formos. Med. Assoc. 1978; 77: 908-18.
13. Chen HL, Chang MH, Hsu HY et al. Seroepidemiology of hepatitis B virus infection in children: Ten years of mass vaccination in Taiwan. JAMA 1996; 276: 906-8.
14. Chung DC, KoYC, Chen CJ, Chen ER, Wu CC, Wu PS. Seroepidemiology of hepatitis B virus, hepatitis D virus, and human immunodeficiency virus infections among parenteral drug abusers in southern Taiwan. J. Med. Virol. 1989; 28: 215-18.
15. Chung DC, Ko YC, Chen CJ et al. Seroepidemiological studies on hepatitis B and D viruses infection among five ethnic groups in southern Taiwan. J. Med. Virol. 1988; 26: 411-18.
16. Hou MC, Wu JC, Kuo BIK et al. Heterosexual transmission as the most common route of acute hepatitis B virus infection among adults in Taiwan: The importance of extending vaccination to susceptible adults. J. Infect. Dis. 1993; 167: 938-41.
17. Hsu HY, Chang MH, Chen DS, Lee CY, Sung JL. Baseline Seroepidemiology of hepatitis B virus infection in children inTaipei, 1984: A study just before mass hepatitis B vaccination program in Taiwan. J. Med. Virol. 1986; 18: 301-7.
18. International Agency for Research on Cancer. Hepatitis viruses. In: Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans. Lyon: IARC 1994; IARC Scientific Publication no. 59.
19. Lin TM, Chen CJ, Wu MM et al. Hepatitis B virus markers in Chinese twins. Anticancer Res. 1989; 9: 737-42.
20. Matsuo A, Kusumoto Y, Ohtsuka E et al. Changes in HBsAg carrier rate in Goto Islands, Nagasaki Perfecture, Japan. Lancet 1990; 335: 955-7.
21. Okada K, Kamiyama I, Inomata M et al. e Antigen and anti-e in the serum of asymptomatic carrier mothers as indicators of positive and negative transmission of hepatitis B virus to their infants. N. Engl. J. Med. 1976; 294: 746-9.
22. Pisani P, Parkin DM, Munoz N et al. Cancer and infection: Estimates of the attributable fraction in 1990. Cancer Epidemiol Biomark. Prev. 1997; 6: 387-400.
23. Stevens CE, Beasley RP, Tsui J, Lee WC. Vertical transmission of hepatitis B antigen in Taiwan. N. Engl. J. Med. 1975; 292: 771-4.
24. Sung JL, Chen DS, Lai MY et al. Epidemiological study on hepatitis B virus infection in Taiwan. Chin. J. Gastroenterol. 1984; 1: 1-9.
25. Wang LY, Cheng YW, Chou SJ, Hsieh LL, Chen CJ. Secular trend and geographical variation of hepatitis A infection and hepatitis B carrier rate among adolescents in Taiwan: An island-wide survey. J. Med. Virol. 1993; 39: 1-5.