List of interesting papers for March

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.

Demirturk N, Demirdal T
Clin Mol Hepatol. 2014 Mar;20(1):56-60. doi: 10.3350/cmh.2014.20.1.56
Denniston MM, Jiles RB, Drobeniuc J, Klevens RM, Ward JW, McQuillan GM, Holmberg SD
Ann Intern Med. 2014 Mar 4;160(5):293-300. doi: 10.7326/M13-1133
Hepatitis B vaccination and screening awareness in primary care practitioners
Said A, Jou JH
Hepat Res Treat. 2014;2014:373212. doi: 10.1155/2014/373212
Cui F, Liang X, Wang F, Zheng H, Hutin YJ, Yang W
J Epidemiol. 2014 May 5;24(3):169-77
Immune response to hepatitis B vaccine with high antigen content in non-responders after standard primary vaccination in Chinese adults
Pan HX, Zeng Y, Song XF, Zhang YJ, Xu K, Zhu F
Vaccine. 2014 Mar 26. pii: S0264-410X(14)00334-X. doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2014.02.094
Prevention of Neonatal Hepatitis B Virus Transmission
Bleich LM, Swenson ES
J Clin Gastroenterol. 2014 Mar 24
Current state of and needs for hepatitis B screening: results of a large screening study in a low-prevalent, metropolitan region
Bottero J, Boyd A, Lemoine M, Carrat F, Gozlan J, Collignon A et al.
PLoS One. 2014 Mar 24;9(3):e92266. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0092266
Impact of new hepatitis C treatments in different regions of the world
Wei L, Lok AS
Gastroenterology. 2014 March 21;146(5):1145-1150.e4. doi:10.1053/j.gastro.2014.03.008
Prevalence of hepatitis E virus antibodies in children in Germany
Krumbholz A, Neubert A, Joel S, Girschick H, Huppertz HI, Kaiser P et al.
Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2014 Mar;33(3):258-62. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000000077
Hepatitis B Testing and Vaccination Among Adults With Sexually Transmitted Infections in a Large Managed Care Organization
Hechter RC, Jacobsen SJ, Luo Y, Nomura JH, Towner WJ, Tartof SY, Tseng HF
Clin Infect Dis. 2014 Mar 17
New Hepatitis C Therapies: The Toolbox, Strategies, and Challenges
Pawlotsky JM
Gastroenterology. 2014 Mar 12;146(5):1176-1192. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2014.03.00
Strategies for the detection of hepatitis C viral infection in the general population
Caballería L, Pera G, Bernad J, Canut S, Navarro E, Bruguera M
Rev Clin Esp. 2014 Mar 2. pii: S0014-2565(14)00059-9. doi:10.1016/j.rce.2014.01.024
Reported reasons for testing among hepatitis B virus-infected patients - Chronic Hepatitis Cohort Study (CHeCS), United States, 2006-2010
Gerbi GB, Rupp LB, Ko SC, Moorman AC, Holmberg SD, Xu F
Liver Int. 2014 Mar 3. doi: 10.1111/liv.12509
Sticker shock and the price of new therapies for hepatitis C: is it worth it?
Reau NS, Jensen DM
Hepatology. 2014 Mar 1;59(4):1246-9. doi: 10.1002/hep.27039
Huang X, Hollinger FB
J Viral Hepat. 2014 Mar;21(3):153-62. doi: 10.1111/jvh.12222
Marwaha N, Sachdev S
World J Gastroenterol. 2014 Mar 21;20(11):2948-54. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i11.2948  
Genetic host specificity of hepatitis E virus
Lara J, Purdy MA, Khudyakov YE
Infect Genet Evol. 2014 Mar 22;24:127-39. doi: 10.1016/j.meegid.2014.03.011
Development and evaluation of a baseline-event-anticipation score for hepatitis delta
Calle Serrano B, Großhennig A, Homs M, Heidrich B, Erhardt A, Deterding K et al.
J Viral Hepat. 2014 Mar 27. doi: 10.1111/jvh.12251
Adaptive response in hepatitis B virus infection
Loggi E, Gamal N, Bihl F, Bernardi M, Andreone P
J Viral Hepat. 2014 March 27;21(5):305-13. doi: 10.1111/jvh.12255
Hepatitis B vaccination: needs a revision
Rezaee-Zavareh MS, Einollahi B
Hepat Mon. 2014 Mar 11;14(3):e17461. doi: 10.5812/hepatmon.17461