The state of hepatitis B and C in the mediterranean and balkan countries: Report from a summit conference

Journal of Viral Hepatitis

Volumn 20, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2013, Pages 1-20

  Hatzakis, A ^a   Van Damme, P ^b   Alcorn, K ^c   Gore, C ^d   Benazzouz, M ^e   Berkane, S ^f   Buti, M ^g   Carballo, M ^h   Cortes Martins, H ⁱ   Deuffic Burban, S ^j,k   Dominguez, A ^l   Donoghoe, M ^m   Elzouki, A N ^n,o   Ben Alaya Bouafif, N ^p   Esmat, G ^q   Esteban, R ^g   Fabri, M ^r   Fenton, K ^s   Goldberg, D ^t   Goulis, I ^u   Hadjichristodoulou, T ^v   Hatzigeorgiou, T ^w   Hamouda, O ^x   Hasurdjiev, S ^y   Hughes, S ^w   Kautz, A ^y   Malik, M ^m   Manolakopoulos, S ^z   Maticic M ^aa   Papatheodoridis, G ^a   Peck, R ^ab   Peterle, A ^w   Potamitis, G ^ac   Prati, D ^ad   Roudot Thoraval, F ^ae   Reic, T ^y   Sharara, A ^af   Shennak, M ^ag   Shiha, G ^ah   Shouval, D ^ai   Socan M ^aj   Thomas, H ^ak   Thursz, M ^ak   Tosti, M ^al   Trepo C ^am,an,ao   Vince, A ^ap   Vounou, E ^aq   Wiessing, L ^ar   Manns, M ^as   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c NAM Publications infoheporg   (United Kingdom)

^d Hepatitis C Trust   (United Kingdom)

^e IBN SINA HOSPITAL   (Morocco)

^f Service d'Endocrinologie   (Algeria)

^g HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^h Intl Ctr for Migration and Health   (Switzerland)

ⁱ NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH DR RICARDO JORGE   (Portugal)

^j UNIVERSITÉ DE LILLE   (France)

^k INSERM   (France)

^l UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^m WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

ⁿ HAMAD GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Qatar)

^o UNIVERSITY OF BENGHAZI   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

^p Ministry of Health   (Tunisia)

^q CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^r Clinic for infectious diseases   (Serbia)

^s PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^t HEALTH PROTECTION SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^u ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^v UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^w European Parliament   (Belgium)

^x ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^y European Liver Patients Association   (Belgium)

^z HIPPOKRATION HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^aa UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^ab C/o LKM   (Switzerland)

^ac Pancyprian Medical Association   (Cyprus)

^ad A MANZONI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^ae HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^af AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^ag JORDAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Jordan)

^ah Egyptian Research Institute   (Egypt)

^ai HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^aj NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Slovenia)

^ak IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^al ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^am CROIX ROUSSE HOSPITAL   (France)

^an CENTRE DE RECHERCHE EN CANCÉROLOGIE DE LYON   (France)

^ao UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^ap Croatian Referral Center for Diagnostics and Treatment of Viral Hepatitis   (Croatia)

^aq LIMASSOL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Cyprus)

^ar EUROPEAN MONITORING CENTRE FOR DRUGS AND DRUG ADDICTION   (Portugal)

^as HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Balkan region; hepatitis B; hepatitis C; hepatocellular carcinoma; Mediterranean; northern Africa; surveillance

Indexed keywords

ADEFOVIR; BOCEPREVIR; ENTECAVIR; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; INTERFERON; LAMIVUDINE; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA2A; RIBAVIRIN; TELAPREVIR; TELBIVUDINE; TENOFOVIR; VIRUS VACCINE;

AGING; AWARENESS; BALKAN PENINSULA; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAFETY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG COST; DRUG USE; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MIGRATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OPIATE SUBSTITUTION TREATMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TREATMENT DURATION; VACCINATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BALKAN REGION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA; MEDITERRANEAN; NORTHERN AFRICA; SURVEILLANCE;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BALKAN PENINSULA; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACCINATION;

EID: 84879953822     PISSN: 13520504     EISSN: 13652893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jvh.12120     Document Type: Conference Paper

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