The global burden of chronic hepatitis B virus infection: comparison of country-level prevalence estimates from four research groups.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Progress towards viral hepatitis elimination goals relies on accurate estimates of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV)-infection prevalence. We compared existing sources of country-level estimates from 2013 to 2017 to investigate the extent and underlying drivers of differences between them.

Methods

The four commonly cited sources of global-prevalence estimates, i.e. the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, Schweitzer et al., the World Health Organization (WHO) and the CDA Foundation, were compared by calculating pairwise differences between sets of estimates and assessing their within-country variation. Differences in underlying empirical data and modelling methods were investigated as contributors to differences in sub-Saharan African estimates.

Results</

SUBMITTER: Schmit N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8128471 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature