Epidemiologic and clinical features of chronic hepatitis B virus infection in 8 Canadian provinces: a descriptive study by the Canadian HBV Network.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Published Canadian epidemiologic data on hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection include single-centre studies or are focused on Indigenous populations. We performed a study to characterize the demographic and clinical features, liver disease status and treatment of people with chronic hepatitis B in Canada. METHODS:In this descriptive, opportunistic, cross-sectional study, available data for people known to be monoinfected with HBV were collected by the Canadian HBV Network from existing clinical databases, with support from the National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada. Data were collected in all provinces with the exception of New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Labrador. We analyzed the data using parametric and nonparametric statistical methods, with a signi

SUBMITTER: Coffin CS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6813030 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature