List of interesting papers for July

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.

High prevalence of hepatitis markers in immigrant populations: a prospective screening approach in a real-world setting
Heidrich B, Cetindere A, Beyaz M, Stahmeyer JT, Basaran MM et al.
Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2014 Jul 29
Global distribution and prevalence of hepatitis C virus genotypes
Messina JP, Humphreys I, Flaxman A, Brown A, Cooke GS et al.
Hepatology. 2014 Jul 28. doi: 10.1002/hep.27259
Screening for hepatitis B virus infection: a public health imperative
Rajbhandari R, Chung RT
Ann Intern Med. 2014 Jul 1;161(1):76-7. doi: 10.7326/M14-115
Hepatitis C Virus Infection Epidemiology among People Who Inject Drugs in Europe:A Systematic Review of Data for Scaling Up Treatment and Prevention
Wiessing L, Ferri M, Grady B, Kantzanou M, Sperle I et al.
PLoS One. 2014 Jul 28;9(7):e103345. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0103345
Surveillance of hepatitis A virus in urban sewages and comparison with cases notified in the course of an outbreak, Italy 2013
La Rosa G, Della Libera S, Iaconelli M, Ciccaglione AR, Bruni R et al.
BMC Infect Dis. 2014 Jul 29;14(1):419
The treatment cascade for chronic hepatitis C virus infection in the United States: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Yehia BR, Schranz AJ, Umscheid CA, Lo Re V
PLoS One. 2014 Jul 2;9(7):e101554. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.010155
Costs of Telaprevir-based Triple Therapy for Hepatitis C: $189,000 per Sustained Virologic Response
Bichoupan K, Martel-Laferriere V, Sachs D, Ng M, Schonfeld EA et al.
Hepatology. 2014 Jul 28. doi: 10.1002/hep.27340
Evidence of Hepatitis A Virus Person-to-Person Transmission in Household Outbreaks
Lima LR, Almeida AJ, Tourinho Rdos S, Hasselmann B, Lewis Ximenez LL, De Paula VS
PLoS One. 2014 Jul 22;9(7):e102925. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0102925
Birth year distribution in reported hepatitis C cases in Switzerland
Bruggmann P, Richard JL
Eur J Public Health. 2014 Jul 23
Epidemiology and natural history of hepatitis C virus infection
Lee MH, Yang HI, Yuan Y, L'Italien G, Chen CJ
World J Gastroenterol. 2014 Jul 28;20(28):9270-9280
The Hepatitis C Cascade of Care among HIV Infected Patients: A Call to Address Ongoing Barriers to Care
Cachay ER, Hill L, Wyles D, Colwell B, Ballard C et al.
PLoS One. 2014 Jul 18;9(7):e102883. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0102883
Gateway to care campaign: a public health initiative to reduce the burden of hepatitis B in Haimen City, China
Chen G, Block JM, Evans AA, Huang P, Cohen C
BMC Public Health. 2014 Jul 27;14(1):754
Per-Event Probability of Hepatitis C Infection during Sharing of Injecting Equipment
Boelen L, Teutsch S, Wilson DP, Dolan K, Dore GJ et al.
PLoS One. 2014 Jul 7;9(7):e100749. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0100749
Hepatitis B vaccine response among infants born to hepatitis B surface antigen-positive women
Lao TT, Cheung KL, Wong V
Vaccine. 2014 Jul 8. pii: S0264-410X(14)00703-8. doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2014.05.036
 
Dynamics of HCV RNA levels during acute hepatitis C virus infection
Hajarizadeh B, Grebely J, Applegate T, Matthews GV, Amin J et al.
J Med Virol. 2014 Jul 8. doi: 10.1002/jmv.24010
A stepped wedge cluster randomized control trial of dried blood spot testing to improve the uptake of hepatitis C antibody testing within UK prisons
Craine N, Whitaker R, Perrett S, Zou L, Hickman M, Lyons M
Eur J Public Health. 2014 Jul 24
Natural history and management of hepatitis C: does sex play a role?
Baden R, Rockstroh JK, Buti M
J Infect Dis. 2014 Jul 15;209 Suppl 3:S81-5. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiu057
A double-dose hepatitis B vaccination schedule in travelers presenting for late consultation
Wong J, Payne M, Hollenberg S
J Travel Med. 2014 Jul;21(4):260-5. doi: 10.1111/jtm.12123
High HCV treatment uptake in the Swedish HIV/HCV co-infected cohort
Stenkvist J, Weiland O, Sönnerborg A, Blaxhult A, Falconer K
Scand J Infect Dis. 2014 Jul 1:1-9
Juan JD, de la Hoya PS, Marco A, Antón JJ, Faraco I et al.
Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2014 Jul 29