Hepatitis D prevalence: problems with extrapolation to global population estimates.

Alexander J. Stockdale; Benno Kreuels; Marc Henrion; Emanuele Giorgi; Irene Kyomuhangi; Anna Maria Geretti

doi:10.1136/gutjnl-2018-317874

Hepatitis D prevalence: problems with extrapolation to global population estimates.

Alexander J. Stockdale
, Benno Kreuels
, Marc Henrion
, Emanuele Giorgi
, Irene Kyomuhangi
, Anna Maria Geretti

Clinical Sciences

University of Liverpool
Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme
Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine
University of Hamburg
Lancaster University

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Abstract

We read the meta-analysis of global hepatitis D prevalence by Chen et al and have some serious concerns relating to the proposed epidemiological estimates.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	396-397
Number of pages	2
Journal	Gut
Volume	69
Issue number	2
Early online date	19 Dec 2018
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/gutjnl-2018-317874
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 19 Dec 2018

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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

chronic viral hepatitis
cirrhosis
epidemiology
hepatitis B
hepatitis D

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Hepatitis D prevalence: problems with extrapolation to global population estimates.

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