List of interesting papers for April

Each month, the VHPB secretariat carries out a search on pubmed for recent papers on viral hepatitis. Based on the abstracts, 20 papers in the field of epidemiology, prevention (including vaccination) and control, risk groups, treatment or cost-effectiveness are selected, that might be of interest for health care professionals and public health policy makers.

Hepatitis C, a global issue: access to care and new therapeutic and preventive approaches in resource-constrained areas
Lemoine M, Thursz M
Semin Liver Dis. 2014 Feb;34(1):89-97. doi: 10.1055/s-0034-1371082. Epub 2014 Apr 29
Prospective study of Hepatitis E Virus infection among pregnant women in France
Renou C, Gobert V, Locher C, Moumen AO, Timbely O, Savary J, Roque-Afonso AM
Virol J. 2014 Apr 9;11(1):68 [Epub ahead of print]
Ongoing hepatitis A outbreak in Europe 2013 to 2014: imported berry mix cake suspected to be the source of infection in Norway
Guzman-Herrador B, Jensvoll L, Einoder-Moreno M, Lange H, Myking S, Nygard K et al.
Euro Surveill. 2014 Apr 17;19(15). pii: 20775
Will there be a vaccine to prevent HCV infection?
Honegger JR, Zhou Y, Walker CM
Semin Liver Dis. 2014 Feb;34(1):79-88. doi: 10.1055/s-0034-1371081. Epub 2014 Apr 29
Barriers to care and treatment for patients with chronic viral hepatitis in europe: a systematic review
Papatheodoridis G, Tsochatzis E, Hardke S, Wedemeyer H
Liver Int. 2014 Apr 22. doi: 10.1111/liv.12565
Ordering and interpreting hepatitis B serology
Davison SA, Strasser SI
BMJ. 2014 Apr 17;348:g2522. doi: 10.1136/bmj.g2522
Mathematical modeling of transmission dynamics and optimal control of vaccination and treatment for hepatitis B virus
Kamyad AV, Akbari R, Heydari AA, Heydari A
Comput Math Methods Med. 2014;2014:475451. doi: 10.1155/2014/475451
Mathes T, Antoine SL, Pieper D
BMC Infect Dis. 2014 Apr 15;14:203. doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-14-203
Occult HBV infection: a faceless enemy in liver cancer development
Morales-Romero J, Vargas G, García-Román R
Viruses. 2014 Apr 8;6(4):1590-611. doi: 10.3390/v6041590
Hepatitis B virus surface antigen and anti-hepatitis C virus rapid tests underestimate hepatitis prevalence among HIV-infected patients
Hønge B, Jespersen S, Medina C, Té D, da Silva Z, Ostergaard L et al.
HIV Med. 2014 Apr 9. doi: 10.1111/hiv.12158
The rapid evolution of treatment strategies for hepatitis C
Muir AJ
Am J Gastroenterol. 2014 May;109(5):628-35. doi: 10.1038/ajg.2014.66. Epub 2014 Apr 15
Underdiagnosis of foodborne hepatitis A, The Netherlands, 2008-2010
Petrignani M, Verhoef L, Vennema H, van Hunen R, Baas D, van Steenbergen JE, Koopmans MP
Emerg Infect Dis. 2014 Apr;20(4):596-602. doi: 10.3201/eid2004.130753
Impact of birth cohort screening for hepatitis C
Asrani SK, Davis GL
Curr Gastroenterol Rep. 2014 Apr;16(4):381. doi: 10.1007/s11894-014-0381-5  
Treating Hepatitis C in Lower-Income Countries
Jayasekera CR, Barry M, Roberts LR, Nguyen MH
N Engl J Med. 2014 Apr 1
Breaking the Silence on Viral Hepatitis
Valdiserri RO, Koh HK
Ann Intern Med. 2014 Apr 29. doi: 10.7326/M14-0404
A new direction for hepatitis C
Editorial
Lancet. 2014 Apr 12;383(9925):1270. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)60630-9
A simple and inexpensive point-of-care test for hepatitis B surface antigen detection: serological and molecular evaluation
Gish RG, Gutierrez JA, Navarro-Cazarez N, Giang K, Adler D, Tran B et al.
J Viral Hepat. 2014 Apr 30. doi: 10.1111/jvh.12257
Cost-effectiveness of upcoming treatments for hepatitis C: we need to get the models right
Tsochatzis EA, Crossan C, Longworth L
J Hepatol. 2014 Apr 26. pii: S0168-8278(14)00285-2. doi:10.1016/j.jhep.2014.04.022
A large epidemic of hepatitis B in serbia: an integrated model for outbreak investigations in healthcare settings
Lanini S, Cosić G, Menzo S, Puro V, Durić P, Garbuglia AR
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2014 Jun;35(6):732-5. doi: 10.1086/676432. Epub 2014 Apr 23
Editorial commentary: Determining the effect of hepatitis C on mortality: sorting the signal from the noise
Rose KM
Clin Infect Dis. 2014 Apr;58(8):1062-3. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciu083