Seroprevalence of Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection and Prior Immunity in Immigrants and Refugees: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 7; no. 9; p. e44611
• Main Authors: Rossi, Carmine, Shrier, Ian, Marshall, Lee, Cnossen, Sonya, Schwartzman, Kevin, Klein, Marina B., Schwarzer, Guido, Greenaway, Chris
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 05.09.2012; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Africa South of the Sahara; Antibodies; Antigens; Asia, Eastern; Biology; Carcinoma, Hepatocellular - epidemiology; Carcinoma, Hepatocellular - virology; Census; Chronic infection; Comparative analysis; Control methods; Cost analysis; Data processing; Disease control; Disease prevention; Earth Sciences; Emigrants and Immigrants; Epidemiology; Europe, Eastern; Geography; Health aspects; Health risk assessment; Health risks; Hepatitis; Hepatitis B; Hepatitis B virus; Hepatitis B virus - metabolism; Hepatitis B, Chronic - blood; Hepatitis B, Chronic - complications; Hepatitis B, Chronic - virology; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Heterogeneity; Hospitals; Humans; Immigrants; Immigration policy; Immunity; Infections; Infectious diseases; Liver cancer; Liver Neoplasms - epidemiology; Liver Neoplasms - virology; Medical research; Medicine; Meta-analysis; Migrants; Mortality; Noncitizens; Occupational health; Prevalence; Prevention; Refugees; Regression Analysis; Regression models; Reviews; Risk; Risk factors; Seroepidemiologic Studies; Serology; Studies; surface antigens; Systematic review; Vaccination; Viral infections; Viruses; Canada; United States > US; Montreal Quebec Canada

International migrants experience increased mortality from hepatocellular carcinoma compared to host populations, largely due to undetected chronic hepatitis B infection (HBV). We conducted a systematic review of the seroprevalence of chronic HBV and prior immunity in migrants arriving in low HBV pr...