Hepatitis B virus in Pakistan: A systematic review of prevalence, risk factors, awareness status and genotypes
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Summary
Mass vaccination and awareness programs should be initiated on urgent basis especially in populations with HBV infection rates of more than 5%.
- Type
- review
- Published
- 2011-03-06
- Cited by
- 187
- References
- 89
- Access
- Open access
- OpenAlex
- https://openalex.org/W2096393612
- Semantic Scholar
- https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:765261
Keywords
Biology, Virology, Genotype, Hepatitis C virus, Hepatitis B virus
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- The characteristics of patients with chronic hepatitis B in Turkey.
- Awareness of hepatitis B and C among students of nonmedical universities in Karachi
- Global Epidemiology of Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) Infection
- Association of Systemic Diseases on Tooth Loss and Oral Health
- Estimations of worldwide prevalence of chronic hepatitis B virus infection: a systematic review of data published between 1965 and 2013.
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- HBV Induced HCC: Major Risk Factors from Genetic to Molecular Level
- Management of severe acute to fulminant hepatitis B: to treat or not to treat or when to treat?
- Hepatitis B and hepatitis C viruses: a review of viral genomes, viral induced host immune responses, genotypic distributions and worldwide epidemiology
- Prevalence of HBV infection in suspected population of conflict-affected area of war against terrorism in North Waziristan FATA Pakistan.
- Hepatitis B virus genotypes: global distribution and clinical importance.
- Promoter hypermethylation of Wnt pathway inhibitors in hepatitis C virus - induced multistep hepatocarcinogenesis
- The prevalence of isolated hepatitis B core antibody and its related risk factors among male injected drug users in Isfahan prisons
- Prevalence of Hepatitis ‘B’ and Hepatitis ‘C’ among preoperative cataract patients in Karachi
- Risk factors for bloodborne viral hepatitis in healthcare workers of Pakistan: a population based case–control study
- Successful pregnancy in a kidney transplant recipient with chronic hepatitis B virus infection.
- Prevalence and Trends of Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C and Human Immunodeficiency Viruses among Blood Donors in Islamabad, Pakistan 2005-2013
- Occult Hepatitis B Virus Among the Patients With Abnormal Alanine Transaminase
- Assessment of knowledge, awareness and attitude towards hepatitis B and human immunodeficiency virus among dental students: A cross-sectional study at Karachi, Pakistan
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