Abstract Background and Aim: Decisions on public health issues are dependent on reliable
epidemiological data. A comprehensive review of the literature was used to gather country …

Background Treatment for chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV)
infection is improving but not benefiting individuals unaware to be infected. To inform …

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OBJECTIVES: To review the prevalence, incidence, and geographic distribution of the major
neglected infections of poverty in Europe as a basis for future policy recommendations …

Summary Most of the European Union (EU) and European Economic Area (EEA) is
considered a region of very low hepatitis A virus (HAV) endemicity; however, geographical …

This review analyzes progress and limitations of diagnosis, screening, and therapy of
patients with chronic hepatitis B infection. A literature review was carried out by framing the …

Background: The Roma population is one of the largest marginalized population groups in
Europe. The aim of our work was to summarize the morbidity of lifestyle-related diseases …

The aim was to assess the health-related quality of life (HRQL) of the Roma and further to
detect the significant determinants that are associated with their HRQL. The cross-sectional …

Greece is the only European Union member state that in 2008 included hepatitis A (HAV)
vaccine in the routine national childhood immunization program (NCIP). Given that the …

Prevalence of Hepatitis B is relatively low in developed European countries. However
specific subpopulations may exist within each country with markedly different Hepatitis B …