Brazil was formerly considered a country with intermediate hepatitis B endemicity, with large
heterogeneity between Brazilian regions and areas of high prevalence, especially in the …

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is still one of the most important causes of liver disease,
with 2 billion people infected worldwide and more than 600,000 deaths each year, caused in …

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a serious global public health problem. The infection may
be transmitted through sexual intercourse, parenteral contact or from an infected mother to …

Despite pronounced reductions in the number of deaths due to infectious diseases over the
past six decades, infectious diseases are still a public health problem in Brazil. In this report …

Background Hepatitis C chronic liver disease is a major cause of liver transplant in
developed countries. This article reports the first nationwide population-based survey …

OBJECTIVES: We performed a national survey to update hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)
epidemiology in Brazil and determined the clinical and epidemiological profiles of patients …

Apesar da redução considerável no número de mortes causadas por doenças infecciosas
nas últimas seis décadas, elas continuam sendo um problema de saúde pública no Brasil …

A population-based hepatitis survey was carried out to estimate the prevalence of hepatitis B
virus (HBV) infection and its predictive factors for the state capitals from the north, south, and …

Malaysia is a country with an intermediate endemicity for hepatitis B. As the country moves
toward hepatitis B and C elimination, population-based estimates are necessary to …

Hepatitis B infection is one of the world's major infectious diseases with about 350 million
chronic carriers. Because no data is published on the prevalence and risk factors of this …