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Banatvala

Bosetti

Bruix

Buti

Chang

Chen

Dalgard

de Vries-Sluijs

Degos

Delarocque-Astagneau

European Association for the Study of the Liver

European Consensus on Hepatitis B Immunity

Fattovich

Forner

Hagan

Hellard

Hernàn

Hutton

Iloeje

Institute of Medicine

Janssen

Kleinman

Lettmeir

Llovet

Mallet

Marschall

Martin

McDonald

Mikaeloff

Missiha

Montaner

Rausch

Rechel

Ribes

Sangiovanni

Seeff

Sroczynski

Veldhuijzen

Veldt

Viral hepatitis prevention Board

West

Wiersma

Wiessing

Zanetti

Journal of Viral Hepatitis

English

Worldwide, the hepatitis B virus (HBV) and the hepatitis C virus (HCV) cause, respectively, 600 000 and 350 000 deaths each year. Viral hepatitis is the leading cause of cirrhosis and liver cancer, which in turn ranks as the third cause of cancer death worldwide. Within the WHO European region, approximately 14 million people are chronically infected with HBV, and nine million people are chronically infected with HCV. Lack of reliable epidemiological data on HBV and HCV is one of the biggest hurdles to advancing policy. Risk groups such as migrants and injecting drug users (IDU) tend to be under-represented in existing prevalence studies; thus, targeted surveillance is urgently needed to correctly estimate the burden of HBV and HCV. The most effective means of prevention against HBV is vaccination, and most European Union (EU) countries have universal vaccination programmes. For both HBV and HCV, screening of individuals who present a high risk of contracting the virus is critical given the asymptomatic, and thereby silent, nature of disease. Screening of migrants and IDUs has been shown to be effective and potentially cost-effective. There have been significant advances in the treatment of HCV and HBV in recent years, but health care professionals remain poorly aware of treatment options. Greater professional training is needed on the management of hepatitis including the treatment of liver cancer to encourage adherence to guidelines and offer patients the best possible outcomes. Viral hepatitis knows no borders. EU Member States, guided by the EU, need to work in a concerted manner to implement lasting, effective policies and programmes and make tackling viral hepatitis a public health priority

Hatzakis, A

Wait, S

Bruix, J

Buti, M

Carballo, M

Cavaleri, M

Colombo, M

Delarocque-Astagneau, E

Dusheiko, G

Esmat, G

Esteban, R

Goldberg, D

Gore, C

Lok, ASF

Manns, M

Marcellin, P

Papatheodoridis, G

Peterle, A

Prati, D

Piorkowsky, N

Rizzetto, M

Roudot-Thoraval, F

Soriano, V

Thomas, HC

Thursz, M

Valla, D

van Damme, P

Veldhuijzen, Irene

Wedemeyer, H

Wiessing, L

Zanetti, AR

Janssen, HLA

EUR Research Repository

The state of hepatitis B and C in Europe: report from the hepatitis B and C summit conference

Hatzakis, A.

Wait, S.

Bruix, J.

Buti, M.

Carballo, M.

Cavaleri, M.

Colombo, M.

Delarocque-Astagneau, E.

Dusheiko, G.

Esmat, G.

Esteban, R.

Goldberg, D.

Gore, C.

Lok, A. S. F.

Manns, M.

Marcellin, P.

Papatheodoridis, G.

Peterle, A.

Prati, D.

Piorkowsky, N.

Rizzetto, M.

Roudot-Thoraval, F.

Soriano, V.

Thomas, H. C.

Thursz, M.

Valla, D.

van Damme, P.

Veldhuijzen, I. K.

Wedemeyer, H.

Wiessing, L.

Zanetti, A. R.

Janssen, H. L. A.

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A. Hatzakis

S. Wait

J. Bruix

M. Buti

M. Carballo

M. Cavaleri

M. Colombo

E. Delarocque Astagneau

G. Dusheiko

G. Esmat

R. Esteban

D. Goldberg

C. Gore

A. S. F. Lok

M. Manns

P. Marcellin

G. Papatheodoridis

A. Peterle

D. Prati

N. Piorkowsky

M. Rizzetto

F. Roudot Thoraval

V. Soriano

H. C. Thomas

M. Thursz

D. Valla

P. van Damme

I. K. Veldhuijzen

H. Wedemeyer

L. Wiessing

H. L. A. Janssen

A.R. Zanetti

AIR Universita degli studi di Milano

The State of Hepatitis B and C in Europe : Report from the Hepatitis B and C Summit Conference

E. Delarocque-Astagneau

F. Roudot-Thoraval

A. R. Zanetti

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