We evaluated 1336 hepatitis B surface antigen-positive subjects consecutively observed in 79 Italian hospitals over a 6-month period. The proportion of hepatitis B e antigen-negative cases was 86.4%, that of patients coinfected with hepatitis D virus was 9.7%, and the rate of patients coinfected with hepatitis C virus was 16.8%. Multiple logistic regression analysis showed that age >49 years, alcohol abuse, and anti-hepatitis D virus and anti-hepatitis C virus positivity were independent predictors of progression to liver cirrhosis. © 2007 by the Infectious Diseases Society of America. All rights reserved.

Sagnelli, E., Stroffolini, T., Mele, A., Imparato, M., Almasio, P.L., Traverso, A., et al. (2008). Chronic hepatitis B in Italy: New features of an old disease - Approaching the universal prevalence of hepatitis B e antigen-negative cases and the eradication of hepatitis D infection. CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 46(1), 110-113 [10.1086/524074].

Chronic hepatitis B in Italy: New features of an old disease - Approaching the universal prevalence of hepatitis B e antigen-negative cases and the eradication of hepatitis D infection

Minoli, L.;Oriolo, M.;Capra, F.;Boccia, S.;Praticò, A.;Ventura, E.;Solinas, A.;Clementi, C.;Festi, D.;Borgia, G.;Coppola, C.;
2008

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We evaluated 1336 hepatitis B surface antigen-positive subjects consecutively observed in 79 Italian hospitals over a 6-month period. The proportion of hepatitis B e antigen-negative cases was 86.4%, that of patients coinfected with hepatitis D virus was 9.7%, and the rate of patients coinfected with hepatitis C virus was 16.8%. Multiple logistic regression analysis showed that age >49 years, alcohol abuse, and anti-hepatitis D virus and anti-hepatitis C virus positivity were independent predictors of progression to liver cirrhosis. © 2007 by the Infectious Diseases Society of America. All rights reserved.
2008
Sagnelli, E., Stroffolini, T., Mele, A., Imparato, M., Almasio, P.L., Traverso, A., et al. (2008). Chronic hepatitis B in Italy: New features of an old disease - Approaching the universal prevalence of hepatitis B e antigen-negative cases and the eradication of hepatitis D infection. CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 46(1), 110-113 [10.1086/524074].
Sagnelli, Evangelista; Stroffolini, Tommaso; Mele, Alfonso; Imparato, Michele; Almasio, Piero L.; Traverso, A.; Arrigoni, A.; Torchio, M.; Garbagnoli,...espandi
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