List of interesting papers for August

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.

Systematic analysis of funding awarded for viral hepatitis-related research to institutions in the United Kingdom, 1997-2010
Head MG, Fitchett JR, Cooke GS, Foster GR, Atun R
J Viral Hepat. 2014 Aug 22. doi: 10.1111/jvh.12300
Hepatitis B vaccination: are escape mutant viruses a matter of concern?
Romanò L, Paladini S, Galli C, Raimondo G, Pollicino T, Zanetti AR
Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2014 Aug 6;11(1)
Hepatitis C virus: The 25-year Journey from discovery to cure
Ward J
Hepatology. 2014 Aug 18. doi: 10.1002/hep.27377
The impact of injecting networks on hepatitis C transmission and treatment in people who inject drugs
Hellard M, Rolls DA, Sacks-Davis R, Robins G, Pattison P et al.
Hepatology. 2014 Aug 28. doi: 10.1002/hep.27403
Analysis on the outcomes of hepatitis B virus perinatal vertical transmission:nested case-control study
Lv N, Chu XD, Sun YH, Zhao SY, Li PL, Chen X
Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2014 Aug 28. 
Edlin BR, Winkelstein ER
Antiviral Res. 2014 Aug 7;110C:79-93. doi: 10.1016/j.antiviral.2014.07.015
Cramp ME, Rosenberg WM, Ryder SD, Blach S, Parkes J
BMC Gastroenterol. 2014 Aug 7;14:137. doi: 10.1186/1471-230X-14-137
Freeman E, Lawrence G, McAnulty J, Tobin S, MacIntyre CR, Torvaldsen S
Vaccine. 2014 Aug 8. doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2014.07.048
Cost of treating hepatitis C in Germany: a retrospective multicenter analysis
Stahmeyer JT, Rossol S, Bert F, Antoni C, Demir M et al.
Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2014 Aug 20
Suryaprasad AG, White JZ, Xu F, Eichler BA, Hamilton J et al.
Clin Infect Dis. 2014 Aug 11. pii: ciu643
A Comparison of Risk Factors for Hepatitis C Among Young and Older Adult Prisoners
Van Dooren K, Kinner SA, Hellard M
J Correct Health Care. 2014 Aug 17. pii: 1078345814541536
Cullen KJ, Hope VD, Croxford S, Shute J, Ncube F, Parry JV
Epidemiol Infect. 2014 Aug 14:1-10
Decline in Hepatitis E Virus Antibody Prevalence in the United States from 1988-1994 to 2009-2010
Teshale EH, Denniston MM, Drobeniuc J, Kamili S, Teo CG, Holmberg SD
J Infect Dis. 2014 Aug 21. pii: jiu466
Treat sickest hepatitis C patients first, new US guidelines recommend
McCarthy M
BMJ. 2014 Aug 14;349:g5163. doi: 10.1136/bmj.g5163
Morano JP, Zelenev A, Lombard A, Marcus R, Gibson BA
J Community Health. 2014 Aug 19  
White B, Madden A, Prins M, Hellard M, Wand H et al.
Vaccine. 2014 Aug 12. doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2014.07.091
Bolther M, Dalgaard LS, Kristensen LH, Tarp BD, Jensen-Fangel S
Scand J Infect Dis. 2014 Aug 19:1-8
Hepatitis C virus infection in China: an emerging public health issue
Qin Q, Smith MK, Wang L, Su Y, Wang L et al.
J Viral Hepat. 2014 Aug 18. doi: 10.1111/jvh.12295
The changing burden of hepatitis C virus infection in the United States:model-based predictions
Kabiri M, Jazwinski AB, Roberts MS, Schaefer AJ, Chhatwal J
Ann Intern Med. 2014 Aug 5;161(3):170-80. doi: 10.7326/M14-0095
Coughlan BM, Thornton LM, Murphy N, Tait MA, Flanagan PC et al.
Complement Ther Med. 2014 Aug;22(4):683-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ctim.2014.06.007