List of interesting papers for June

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.

Epidemiology of acute and chronic hepatitis B and delta over the last 5 decades in Italy
Sagnelli E, Sagnelli C, Pisaturo M, Macera M, Coppola N
World J Gastroenterol. 2014 Jun 28;20(24):7635-7643
El-Ghitany EM, Wahab MA, Wahab EW, Hassouna S, Farghaly AG
Liver Int. 2014 Jun 12. doi: 10.1111/liv.12617
Emerging therapeutic options for the management of hepatitis C infection
Thompson JR
World J Gastroenterol. 2014 Jun 21;20(23):7079-7088
National Estimates of Healthcare Utilization by Individuals with Hepatitis C Virus Infection in the United States
Galbraith JW, Donnelly JP, Franco R, Overton T, Rodgers JB, Wang HE
Clin Infect Dis. 2014 Jun 9. pii: ciu427. [Epub ahead of print]
Kapeluto J, Kadatz M, Wormsbecker A, Sidhu K, Yoshida EM
Can J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2014 Jun;28(6):315-8
Li Z, Xie Z, Ni H, Zhang Q, Lu W, Yin J et al.
J Clin Virol. 2014 Jun 17. pii: S1386-6532(14)00226-1. doi:10.1016/j.jcv.2014.06.010
Vertical transmission of hepatitis C: Systematic review and meta-analysis
Benova L, Mohamoud YA, Calvert C, Abu-Raddad LJ
Clin Infect Dis. 2014 Jun 13. pii: ciu447. [Epub ahead of print]
Cost-effectiveness of hepatitis A vaccination in Indonesia
Suwantika AA, Beutels P, Postma MJ
 Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2014 Jun 17;10(8)
Current Challenges and the Management of Chronic Hepatitis C in Mainland China
Duan Z, Jia JD, Hou J, Lou L, Tobias H, Xu XY, Wei L, Zhuang H, Pan CQ
J Clin Gastroenterol. 2014 Jun 11. [Epub ahead of print]
National Estimates of Healthcare Utilization by Individuals with Hepatitis C Virus Infection in the United States
Galbraith JW, Donnelly JP, Franco R, Overton T, Rodgers JB, Wang HE
Clin Infect Dis. 2014 Jun 9. pii: ciu427. [Epub ahead of print]
Emerging antivirals for the treatment of hepatitis B
Wang XY, Chen HS
World J Gastroenterol. 2014 Jun 28;20(24):7707-7717
Mennini FS, Marcellusi A, Andreoni M, Gasbarrini A, Salomone S, Craxì A
Clinicoecon Outcomes Res. 2014 Jun 19;6:303-10. doi: 10.2147/CEOR.S62092
Trends in hepatitis C treatment uptake in the United States
Clark PJ, Thompson AJ, Patel K, Muir AJ, Volk ML
Hepatology. 2014 Jun 18. doi: 10.1002/hep.27213  
Occult hepatitis B infection
Pollicino T, Raimondo G
J Hepatol. 2014 Jun 26. pii: S0168-8278(14)00299-2. doi:10.1016/j.jhep.2014.04.036
Unmet Health Care Needs and Hepatitis C Infection Among Persons Who Inject Drugs in Denver and Seattle, 2009
Al-Tayyib AA, Thiede H, Burt RD, Koester S
Prev Sci. 2014 Jun 27. [Epub ahead of print]
Nurse-led clinic: effective and efficient delivery of assessment and review of patients with hepatitis B and C
Biddle ML, Adler NR, Heath M, Streat S, Wardrop M, Watson JP
Intern Med J. 2014 Jun;44(6):581-5. doi: 10.1111/imj.12400
Zhu L, Zhai X, Zhu Y, Xu W, Bao C, Peng H et al.
PLoS One. 2014 Jun 30;9(6):e101501. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0101501
WHO issues guidelines on HCV amid drug cost controversy
Slomski A
JAMA. 2014 Jun 11;311(22):2262-3. doi: 10.1001/jama.2014.5277
Clinical implications of hepatitis B virus mutations: Recent advances
Lazarevic I
World J Gastroenterol. 2014 Jun 28;20(24):7653-7664
Elimination on the agenda for hepatitis C
Burki T
Lancet Infect Dis. 2014 Jun;14(6):452-3