Prevalence and burden of hepatitis D virus infection in the global population: a systematic review and meta-analysis

• Published in: Gut Vol. 68; no. 3; pp. 512 - 521
• Main Authors: Chen, Hai-Yan, Shen, Dan-Ting, Ji, Dong-Ze, Han, Pei-Chun, Zhang, Wei-Ming, Ma, Jian-Feng, Chen, Wen-Sen, Goyal, Hemant, Pan, Shiyang, Xu, Hua-Guo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BMJ Publishing Group LTD 01.03.2019
• Subjects: Coinfection - epidemiology; Data processing; Epidemiology; Global Health - statistics & numerical data; Hepatitis; Hepatitis B; Hepatitis B surface antigen; Hepatitis B Surface Antigens - blood; Hepatitis B, Chronic - epidemiology; Hepatitis D - epidemiology; Hepatitis D - transmission; Hepatitis delta virus; Hepatology; Humans; Infections; Intravenous administration; Life cycles; Liver cancer; Meta-analysis; Mortality; Population; Population studies; Prevalence; Risk Factors; Risk-Taking; Serology; Sexual Behavior; Studies; Substance Abuse, Intravenous - complications; Substance Abuse, Intravenous - epidemiology; Superinfection; Systematic review; China; Africa; meta-analysis; hepatitis B; hepatitis D

ObjectiveHepatitis D virus (HDV) is a defective virus that completes its life cycle only with hepatitis B virus (HBV). The HBV with HDV super-infection has been considered as one of the most severe forms of the chronic viral hepatitis. However, there is a scarcity of data on the global burden of HDV...