Hepatitis B/C in the countries of the EU/EEA: A systematic review of the prevalence among at-risk groups

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Falla, Abby May ^a,b   Hofstraat, Sanne Henrietta Ina ^c   Duffell, Erika ^d   Hahné, Susan Josien Maria ^c   Tavoschi, Lara ^d   Veldhuijzen, Irene Karen ^a,c  

^a Public Health Service of the Rotterdam Region   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^d EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Hepatitis B; Hepatitis C; Higher risk groups; Men who have sex with men; People who inject drugs; Prevalence; Prisoners; Systematic review publication type

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS B; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA; EUROPEAN UNION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; NAMED GROUPS OF PERSONS; PEOPLE WHO INJECT DRUGS; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRISONER; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VIRAL CLEARANCE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; BLOOD; COMPLICATION; DRUG USE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; METABOLISM; RISK; VIROLOGY;

DRUG USERS; EUROPEAN UNION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRISONERS; RISK;

EID: 85041814000     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-018-2988-x     Document Type: Article

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