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Hepatitis B Outbreak Among Men Who Have Sex with Men in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Serbia
(Mary Ann Liebert Inc, 2018-01-01) Duric, Predrag; Rajcevic, Smiljana; Ilic, Svetlana; Milosevic, Vesna; Hintringer, Katharina; Fabri, Milotka; Ruzic, Maja; Petrovic, Vladimir; Petrovic, Mladen; Dragovac, Gorana; Radosavljevic, Biljana; Lazarevic, Ivana; Stanojevic, Maja; Rusnak, Martin
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control reported that there were 2896 acute hepatitis B cases in 24 EU/EEA countries in 2013.1 The incidence ranged from 0.1 cases per 100,000 in France and Portugal to 4.3 per 100,000 in Latvia, with a male-to-female ratio of 2.2:1 in EU/EEA countries, and transmission among men who have sex with men (MSM) reported in 9.4% of all cases of acute hepatitis B.1 Some authors consider hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection to be endemic in the MSM population with the incidence 20 times higher in MSM than in the general population worldwide.2 However, data on HBV prevalence among MSM are available for only four EU/EEA countries.3 Six to ten percent of MSM infected with HBV worldwide are co-infected with HIV.4
Validity of hepatitis B and hepatitis C case definitions
(Elsevier, 2019-02-13) Dakic, Zoran; Duric, Predrag; Fabri, Milotka; O'May, Fiona
Background: Globally, an estimated 257 million people are living with chronic hepatitis B (HBV) infection and an estimated 71 million people with the chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV). The true public health dimensions and impact of hepatitis epidemics are poorly understood. Case definitions are fundamental parts of disease surveillance, representing sets of standardised criteria used to assess whether or not a person has a certain disease. The study evaluated the sensitivity and specificity of hepatitis B and hepatitis C case definitions, current at the time of data collection, recommended by the European Commission (EC) and the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC).