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Test All for Hepatitis B Virus: Link to Care and Treatment if Quantitative DNA Positive, Vaccinate if Susceptible
1Internal Medicine, Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at the University of Nevada, 1701 West Charleston Boulevard - Suite 230, Las Vegas, NV 89102, USA. Electronic address: Katerinaromado@gmail.com.
2Internal Medicine, Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at the University of Nevada, 1701 West Charleston Boulevard - Suite 230, Las Vegas, NV 89102, USA.
3Hepatitis B Foundation, Doylestown, PA, USA.
4Medicine, Biostatistics, and Epidemiology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Abstract
Hepatitis B infection affects approximately 262 million people worldwide and is responsible for 900,000 deaths annually. This article reviews the major factors limiting HBV elimination, which includes limited linkage to care and complicated HBV testing and treatment guidelines. The article then provides solutions to these pressing issues.
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