Prevalence and Risk Factors of Viral Hepatitis
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Infectious Disease Epidemiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2023) | Viewed by 241
Special Issue Editor
2. Laboratory of Clinical Pathology of Tropical Diseases, Tropical Medicine Center (NMT), Federal University of Pará (UFPA), Belém 66055-240, Brazil
Interests: viral hepatitis; Helicobacter pylori; gastrointestinal diseases
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
A Topical Collection on “Prevalence and Risk Factors of Viral Hepatitis” is being organized in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. For detailed information on the journal, I refer you to https://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerph. Hepatitis is characterized by inflammation in the liver, which can be caused by infectious and chemical agents. Among the infectious agents, we can highlight viruses with tropism for hepatocytes, including hepatitis A, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, hepatitis D and hepatitis E. Although they all cause liver disease, they differ in several aspects. Hepatitis B and C cause chronic diseases in millions of people worldwide, and both are associated with the development of liver cirrhosis and liver cancer. Approximately 354 million people worldwide are living with hepatitis B or C (WHO, 2022). The World Health Organization has shown that around 4.5 million premature deaths could be prevented in low- and middle-income countries by 2030 through vaccination, diagnostic tests, drugs, and educational campaigns. The WHO’s global hepatitis strategy aims to reduce hepatitis infections by 90% and deaths by 65% between 2016 and 2030. Scientific studies that demonstrate the main risk factors in different world populations, as well as the different prevalence of these viruses in the world, are important to devise strategies to combat viral hepatitis and reduce the total impact of the disease. This Topical Collection is open to the theme area of viral hepatitis. The keywords listed below provide an outline of some of the possible areas of interest.
Dr. Luísa Carício Martins
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- epidemiology
- risk factors
- HCV
- HBV
- HEV
- HAV
- HDV
