The state of hepatitis B and C in Europe: report from the hepatitis B and C summit conference*.

A, Hatzakis; S, Wait; J, Bruix; M, Buti; M, Carballo; M, Cavaleri; M, Colombo; E, Delarocque-Astagneau; G, Dusheiko; G, Esmat; R, Esteban; D, Goldberg; C, Gore; AS, Lok; M, Manns; P, Marcellin; G, Papatheodoridis; A, Peterle; D, Prati; N, Piorkowsky; M, Rizzetto; F, Roudot-Thoraval; V, Soriano; HC, Thomas; M, Thursz; D, Valla; Damme P, van; IK, Veldhuijzen; H, Wedemeyer; L, Wiessing; AR, Zanetti; HL, Janssen

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2893.2011.01499.x

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The state of hepatitis B and C in Europe: report from the hepatitis B and C summit conference*.

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Hatzakis A

Wait S

Bruix J

Abstract

Worldwide, the hepatitis B virus (HBV) and the hepatitis C virus (HCV) cause, respectively, 600,000 and 350,000 deaths each year. Viral hepatitis is the leading cause of cirrhosis and liver cancer, which in turn ranks as the third cause of cancer death worldwide. Within the WHO European region, appr...

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