TY - JOUR
T1 - Hepatitis D
T2 - Scenario in the Asia-Pacific region
AU - Abbas, Zaigham
AU - Jafri, Wasim
AU - Raza, Sajjad
PY - 2010/2/7
Y1 - 2010/2/7
N2 - Hepatitis D virus (HDV) infection is present worldwide and affects all age groups. Around 18 million people are estimated to be infected with HDV. An important trend in HDV infection is global decline. HDV prevalence has decreased significantly in Europe since the 1970s and 1980s when it was first reported. The Asia-Pacific region now seems to be where HDV is a major health concern. There is a lack of available data from most of the countries from this region; hence, the true status of HDV cannot be determined. In South Asia, most of the countries have conditions that are favorable for the spread of hepatitis B and other related infections. Countries like Pakistan and Iran have shown an increase in HDV prevalence over a period of time. Other countries and region like China, Turkey, Australia, Japan, India and Taiwan, some of which had very high HDV prevalence in the past, have shown a decline in the incidence, but high prevalence persists in some. Intravenous drug abusers, homosexual men and women, prostitutes, and people on hemodialysis are the groups with very high HDV prevalence.
AB - Hepatitis D virus (HDV) infection is present worldwide and affects all age groups. Around 18 million people are estimated to be infected with HDV. An important trend in HDV infection is global decline. HDV prevalence has decreased significantly in Europe since the 1970s and 1980s when it was first reported. The Asia-Pacific region now seems to be where HDV is a major health concern. There is a lack of available data from most of the countries from this region; hence, the true status of HDV cannot be determined. In South Asia, most of the countries have conditions that are favorable for the spread of hepatitis B and other related infections. Countries like Pakistan and Iran have shown an increase in HDV prevalence over a period of time. Other countries and region like China, Turkey, Australia, Japan, India and Taiwan, some of which had very high HDV prevalence in the past, have shown a decline in the incidence, but high prevalence persists in some. Intravenous drug abusers, homosexual men and women, prostitutes, and people on hemodialysis are the groups with very high HDV prevalence.
KW - Asia-Pacific region
KW - Epidemiology
KW - Hepatitis D
KW - Prevalence
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=76549113278&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3748/wjg.v16.i5.554
DO - 10.3748/wjg.v16.i5.554
M3 - Review article
C2 - 20128022
AN - SCOPUS:76549113278
SN - 1007-9327
VL - 16
SP - 554
EP - 562
JO - World Journal of Gastroenterology
JF - World Journal of Gastroenterology
IS - 5
ER -