ReviewGastro hep advances2024
The Epidemiology, Transmission, Genotypes, Replication, Serologic and Nucleic Acid Testing, Immunotolerance, and Reactivation of Hepatitis B Virus.
Review in Gastro hep advances, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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Who cites it
8 citing papers in PubMed.
- Decentralized point-of-care HBV viral load testing for HBs Ag positive pregnant women in Mali, a prospective study.BMC infectious diseases · 2026Article
- Clinical burden, disease progression, and management strategies in chronic hepatitis B: implications for public health practice.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Novel Dimeric Capsid Assembly Modulators as a Unique Class of Highly Potent Anti-HBV Agents.Journal of medicinal chemistry · 2025Article
- Occult hepatitis B virus infection and its demographic and clinical determinants among blood donors in Saudi Arabia: A retrospective cross-sectional study.The Journal of international medical research · 2025Article
- Estimated prevalence of hepatitis B and C among immigrants in Canada.Canada communicable disease report = Releve des maladies transmissibles au Canada · 2025Article
- Hepatitis B virus genotype distribution and mutation patterns: Insights and clinical implications for hepatitis B virus positive patients.World journal of experimental medicine · 2025Review
- Increasing Prevalence of Occult HBV Infection in Adults Vaccinated Against Hepatitis B at Birth.Vaccines · 2025Article
- Risk Factors of Hepatitis B Virus Infection in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq: A Cross-Sectional Study.Mediterranean journal of hematology and infectious diseases · 2025Article
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Abstract
The epidemiology of Hepatitis B virus (HBV) has drastically changed in recent decades due to public health initiatives, including universal infant vaccination programs,urbanization driving global travel, and migration patterns. Despite screening of pregnant women and newborns significantly reducing the rate of perinatal transmission in certain parts of the world, other, perhaps more uncommon, routes (e.g., parenteral) have led to outbreaks in specific areas affected by the opioid epidemic and injection drug use. Although our current understanding of the effect of genetic variants of HBV is lacking, we review current knowledge and patterns of genetic variants with geographical predominance, pathophysiology, and clinical manifestations. Serologic and molecular markers are used to screen, identify phase and activity of infection, and monitor response to antivirals and/or reactivation. This review will provide the most up-to-date summary of the epidemiology, transmission, genotype, replication, and current methods of screening to follow the various phases of HBV, including immunotolerance and reactivation.
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