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Hepatitis B: epidemiology

Africa

• Frontiers in Public Health
  • Seroprevalence of Hepatitis B virus surface antigen among African blood donors: a systematic review and meta-analysis [2024]

• PLoS Medicine
  • Hepatitis B virus seroepidemiology data for Africa: Modelling intervention strategies based on a systematic review and meta-analysis [2020]

• Scientific Reports
  • Mapping hepatitis B virus genotypes on the African continent from 1997 to 2021: a systematic review with meta-analysis [2023]

Africa, Asia

• Frontiers in Public Health
  • Seroprevalence of Hepatitis B Among Healthcare Workers in Asia and Africa and Its Association With Their Knowledge and Awareness: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis [2022]

• Viruses
  • Hepatitis B Virus Chronic Infection in Blood Donors from Asian and African High or Medium Prevalence Areas: Comparison According to Sex [2022]

Albania

• Virology Journal
  • Trends in prevalence of hepatitis B virus infection among Albanian blood donors, 1999-2009 [2011]

• World Journal of Gastroenterology
  • Epidemiology of hepatitis B virus infection in Albania [2009]

Australia

• Australasian Society for HIV, Viral Hepatitis and Sexual Health Medicine
  • Hepatitis B prevalence and epidemiology in Australia

• BMC Infectious Diseases
  • Chronic hepatitis B prevalence among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians since universal vaccination: a systematic review and meta-analysis [2013]

• Department of Health and Aged Care
  • Australian vaccine preventable disease epidemiological review series: Hepatitis B, 2000-2019 [2024]

Bahrain

• PLoS ONE
  • Prevalence and Risk Factors of Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Bahrain, 2000 through 2010 [2014]

Bangladesh

• Epidemiology & Infection
  • The prevalence of hepatitis B virus infection in Bangladesh: a systematic review and meta-analysis [2022]

• Genes
  • Epidemiology of Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Bangladesh: Prevalence among General Population, Risk Groups and Genotype Distribution [2018]

Brazil

• BMC Public Health
  • Regional differences and temporal trend analysis of Hepatitis B in Brazil [2022]

• Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
  • Distribution of hepatitis B infection in Brazil: the epidemiological situation at the beginning of the 21st century [2015]

• Scientific Reports
  • Clinical, epidemiological aspects, and trends of Hepatitis B in Brazil from 2007 to 2018 [2021]

Burkina Faso

• BMC Public Health
  • High prevalence of hepatitis B infections in Burkina Faso (1996–2017): a systematic review with meta-analysis of epidemiological studies [2018]

Cambodia

• Archives of Public Health
  • Prevalence and genotype distribution of viral hepatitis B in Cambodia between 1990 and 2020: a systematic review and meta-analysis [2022]

Canada

• Public Health Agency of Canada
  • Hepatitis B surveillance in Canada: 2005-2012 [2014]

China

• BMC Infectious Diseases
  • Hepatitis B infection in the general population of China: a systematic review and meta-analysis [2019]

• BMC Public Health
  • Spatial and temporal distribution patterns and factors influencing hepatitis B in China: a geo-epidemiological study [2025]
  • Modelling the prevalence of hepatitis B towards eliminating it as a major public health threat in China [2022]

• China CDC Weekly
  • Acute Hepatitis B — China, 2005-2019 [2020]

• Chinese Medical Journal
  • Trends in mortality of liver disease due to hepatitis B in China from 1990 to 2019: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study [2022]

• JMIR Public Health and Surveillance
  • Epidemic Trends and Spatial Distribution Characteristics of Hepatitis B in China: Surveillance Study [2025]

• PLoS ONE
  • Trends of Acute Hepatitis B Notification Rates in Eastern China from 2005 to 2013 [2014]
  • A Bayesian Meta-Analysis on Prevalence of Hepatitis B Virus Infection among Chinese Volunteer Blood Donors [2013]

• Scientific Reports
  • Prevalence of chronic hepatitis B and status of HBV care among rural women who planned to conceive in China [2017]

• Virology Journal
  • Disease burden of chronic hepatitis B and complications in China from 2006 to 2050: an individual-based modeling study [2020]

Denmark

• EuroSurveillance
  • Hepatitis B prevalence in Denmark - an estimate based on nationwide registers and a national screening programme, as on 31 December 2007 [2013]

Developing countries

• World Journal of Gastroenterology
  • Hepatitis B virus burden in developing countries [2015]

East Africa

• Archives of Public Health
  • Prevalence and predictors of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in east Africa: evidence from a systematic review and meta-analysis of epidemiological studies published from 2005 to 2020 [2021]

Eastern Mediterranean, Middle East

• International Journal of Preventive Medicine
  • A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis on the Prevalence of HBsAg in Health Care Workers from Eastern Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Countries [2019]

Egypt

• BMC Infectious Diseases
  • Seroprevalence of hepatitis B virus surface antigen (HBsAg) in Egypt (2000-2022): a systematic review with meta-analysis [2023]

• World Journal of Hepatology
  • Occult hepatitis B virus infection in Egypt [2015]

Europe

• BMC Infectious Diseases
  • Estimating hepatitis B virus prevalence among key population groups for European Union and European Economic Area countries and the United Kingdom: a modelling study [2023]
  • Estimating the scale of chronic hepatitis B virus infection among migrants in EU/EEA countries [2018]

• European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
  • Hepatitis B - Annual Epidemiological Report 2023 [2025]

• EuroSurveillance
  • Estimates of hepatitis B virus prevalence among general population and key risk groups in EU/EEA/UK countries: a systematic review [2023]

• Journal of Travel Medicine
  • Hepatitis B infection and immunity in migrant children and pregnant persons in Europe: a systematic review and meta-analysis [2024]

Finland

• Vaccine
  • Epidemiology of hepatitis B infection in Finland: Implications for immunisation policy [2016]

Gambia

• Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • Prevalence and Clinical Significance of Occult Hepatitis B Infection in The Gambia, West Africa [2022]

• PLoS ONE
  • 20-Years of Population-Based Cancer Registration in Hepatitis B and Liver Cancer Prevention in The Gambia, West Africa [2013]

Ghana

• BMC Infectious Diseases
  • Hepatitis B in Ghana: a systematic review & meta-analysis of prevalence studies (1995-2015) [2016]

• BMC Public Health
  • A nationwide cross-sectional review of in-hospital hepatitis B virus testing and disease burden estimation in Ghana, 2016 - 2021 [2022]

• PLoS ONE
  • Prevalence of viral hepatitis B in Ghana between 2015 and 2019: A systematic review and meta-analysis [2020]

Greece

• Annals of Gastroenterology
  • The changing epidemiology of hepatitis B in Greece [2021]

Gulf Cooperation Council

• BMC Infectious Diseases
  • Prevalence of Hepatitis B Virus infection in the Gulf Cooperation Council: a systematic review and meta-analysis [2022]

Hong Kong

• Western Pacific Surveillance and Response Journal
  • Surveillance and response of hepatitis B virus in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, 1988–2014 [2016]

India

• Indian Journal of Medical Research
  • Burden of hepatitis B in asymptomatic blood donor population of India: A systematic review & meta-analysis [2024]

• International Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • Hepatitis-B virus infection in India: Findings from a nationally representative serosurvey, 2017-18 [2020]

• Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology
  • Tackling the Hepatitis B Disease Burden in India [2014]

Indonesia

• World Journal of Gastroenterology
  • Hepatitis B virus infection in Indonesia [2015]

International

• BMC Public Health
  • Global, regional, and national total burden related to hepatitis B in children and adolescents from 1990 to 2021 [2024]

• Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine
  • Hepatitis B Virus Epidemiology [2015]

• Frontiers in Public Health
  • Global temporal trends and projections of hepatitis B-related cirrhosis among adolescents and young adults from 1990 to 2035: an analysis based on the global burden of disease study 2021 [2025]

• International Journal of Epidemiology
  • The global burden of chronic hepatitis B virus infection: comparison of country-level prevalence estimates from four research groups [2021]

• Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology
  • Prevalence of occult hepatitis B virus infection in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis [2022]
  • Global, regional, and national burden of hepatitis B, 1990-2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 [2022]

• PLoS ONE
  • Global epidemiology of occult hepatitis B virus infections in blood donors, a systematic review and meta-analysis [2022]

• Sexual Health
  • Hepatitis B prevalence association with sexually transmitted infections: A systematic review and meta-analysis [2021]

• World Journal of Gastroenterology
  • Epidemiologic and socioeconomic factors impacting hepatitis B virus and related hepatocellular carcinoma [2022]

• World Journal of Hepatology
  • Global prevalence of hepatitis B virus serological markers among healthcare workers: A systematic review and meta-analysis [2021]
  • Hepatitis B virus infection in immigrant populations [2015]

Iran

• Gastroenterology and Hepatology From Bed to Bench
  • Prevalence of hepatitis B virus infection among Iranian high risk groups: a systematic review and meta-analysis [2018]

• Harm Reduction Journal
  • Hepatitis B virus infection among people who use drugs in Iran: a systematic review, meta-analysis, and trend analysis [2020]

• Iranian Journal of Public Health
  • Spatio-Temporal Analysis of the Hepatitis B Prevalence in Iranian Blood Donors from 2000 to 2016 at National and Provincial Level [2021]

• Journal of Research in Medical Sciences
  • Prevalence of chronic hepatitis B infection in Iran: a review article [2009]

Ireland

• Health Protection Surveillance Centre
  • Hepatitis B

Italy

• International Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • Trends in chronic hepatitis B virus infection in Italy over a 10-year period: Clues from the nationwide PITER and MASTER cohorts toward elimination [2023]

• New Microbiologica
  • The impact of viral molecular diversity on the clinical presentation and outcome of acute hepatitis B in Italy [2015]

• World Journal of Gastroenterology
  • Epidemiological and clinical aspects of hepatitis B virus infection in Italy over the last 50 years [2022]

Kazakhstan

• Immunity, Inflammation and Disease
  • Antibodies to Hepatitis B core antigen prevalence study in Kazakhstan [2023]

Kenya

• Frontiers in Public Health
  • The burden of Hepatitis B virus infection in Kenya: A systematic review and meta-analysis [2023]

• PLoS ONE
  • Prevalence of hepatitis B virus infection in Kenya: A study nested in the Kenya Population-based HIV Impact Assessment 2018 [2024]

Laos

• International Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • Seroprevalence of chronic hepatitis B, as determined from dried blood spots, among children and their mothers in central Lao People's Democratic Republic: a multistage, stratified cluster sampling survey [2015]

• PLoS ONE
  • Chronic Hepatitis B Prevalence among Children and Mothers: Results from a Nationwide, Population-Based Survey in Lao People's Democratic Republic [2014]

Low and middle income countries

• Journal of Viral Hepatitis
  • Prevalence of hepatitis B virus amongst refugees, asylum seekers and internally displaced persons in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review [2023]

Mediterranean countries

• BioMed Research International
  • A Systematic Review of the Current Hepatitis B Viral Infection and Hepatocellular Carcinoma Situation in Mediterranean Countries [2020]

Mexico

• Annals of Hepatology
  • Hepatitis B infection in Mexican adults: Results of a nationally representative survey [2022]

• Hepatology International
  • A low steady HBsAg seroprevalence is associated with a low incidence of HBV-related liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma in Mexico: a systematic review [2009]

• World Journal of Gastroenterology
  • HBV endemicity in Mexico is associated with HBV genotypes H and G [2013]

Middle East

• Clinical Liver Disease
  • Regional Epidemiology, Burden, and Management of Hepatitis B Virus in the Middle East [2020]

Middle East, North Africa

• Pathogens
  • Hepatitis B Virus Molecular Epidemiology, Host-Virus Interaction, Coinfection, and Laboratory Diagnosis in the MENA Region: An Update [2019]

Myanmar

• BMC Infectious Diseases
  • Distribution of hepatitis B virus genotypes in the general population of Myanmar via nationwide study [2020]

Nigeria

• BMC Infectious Diseases
  • Hepatitis B virus infection in Nigeria: a systematic review and meta-analysis of data published between 2010 and 2019 [2021]

Norway

• BMC Infectious Diseases
  • Molecular epidemiology of hepatitis B virus infection in Norway [2019]

Pakistan

• Virology Journal
  • Hepatitis B virus in Pakistan: A systematic review of prevalence, risk factors, awareness status and genotypes [2011]

Philippines

• World Journal of Hepatology
  • Hepatitis B infection among adults in the Philippines: A national seroprevalence study [2013]

Poland

• BMC Infectious Diseases
  • Significant proportion of acute hepatitis B in Poland in 2010–2014 attributed to hospital transmission: combining surveillance and public registries data [2018]

• Medicina
  • Trends in the Incidence of Acute Hepatitis B in the Polish Population and Their Determinants [2021]

• Viruses
  • Hepatitis B Virus in Polish Blood Donors in the Period 2005-2019-Significant Changes in Epidemiology and Demographic Characteristics of Infected Donors [2025]

Qatar

• Pathogens
  • Demographics and Epidemiology of Hepatitis B in the State of Qatar: A Five-Year Surveillance-Based Incidence Study [2019]

Republic of Korea

• Epidemiology and Health
  • Changes in seroprevalence of hepatitis B surface antigen and epidemiologic characteristics in the Republic of Korea, 1998-2013 [2015]

• Korean Journal of Internal Medicine
  • Changes in the prevalence of hepatitis B and metabolic abnormalities among young men in Korea [2022]
  • The epidemiology of hepatitis B virus infection in Korea [2019]

• Medicine
  • Ten-Year Changes in the Hepatitis B Prevalence in the Birth Cohorts in Korea [2015]

• World Journal of Gastroenterology
  • Hepatitis B virus mutations related to liver disease progression of Korean patients [2014]

Romania

• Viruses
  • Hepatitis B Prevalence and Referral Rates in Vulnerable Populations Undergoing Community-Based Screening-Results from the LIVE(RO)2 Program [2024]

Sierra Leone

• American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
  • Prevalence of Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Sierra Leone, 1997-2022: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis [2023]

South Africa

• BMC Public Health
  • Prevalence and incidence rates of laboratory-confirmed hepatitis B infection in South Africa, 2015 to 2019 [2022]

• Pan African Medical Journal
  • The epidemiology of laboratory-confirmed Hepatitis B Virus infection in the general population of South Africa, 2016-2018 [2024]

Sub-Saharan Africa

• Liver International
  • Prevalence of liver cirrhosis in individuals with hepatitis B virus infection in sub-Saharan Africa: Systematic review and meta-analysis [2021]

• PLoS ONE
  • Seroprevalence and risk factors of hepatitis B virus infection among healthcare workers in Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis [2025]

Sudan

• JGH Open
  • Occult hepatitis B virus infection in Sudan: A systematic review and meta-analysis [2020]

Sweden

• Virology Journal
  • Hepatitis B associated with severe COVID-19: a nationwide cohort study in Sweden [2025]

Switzerland

• Swiss Medical Weekly
  • The current and future burden of hepatitis B in Switzerland: a modelling study [2023]

Thailand

• International Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • Prevalence of chronic hepatitis B virus infection in Thailand: a systematic review and meta-analysis [2016]

Turkey

• BMC Infectious Diseases
  • Age- and region-specific hepatitis B prevalence in Turkey estimated using generalized linear mixed models: a systematic review [2011]

• EuroSurveillance
  • Trends of hepatitis B notification rates in Turkey, 1990 to 2012 [2013]

United Kingdom

• International Journal of Epidemiology
  • Cohort Profile: The National Institute for Health Research Health Informatics Collaborative: Hepatitis B Virus (NIHR HIC HBV) research dataset [2023]

• Journal of Viral Hepatitis
  • Estimating Prevalence and Number of People With Chronic Hepatitis B: A Multiplier Method Based on Public Health Surveillance Data in UK (2015-2021) [2024]

• Public Health England
  • Acute hepatitis B: guide to national enhanced surveillance

• UK Health Security Agency
  • Hepatitis B in England 2024 [2024]
  • Hepatitis B in England – 2023 report [2023]

United States

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Prevalence and Trends in Hepatitis B Virus Infection in the United States, 2015-2018 [2020]
  • Hepatitis B Surveillance 2022

• Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • Epidemiology of Acute Hepatitis B in the United States From Population-Based Surveillance, 2006–2011 [2015]

• Clinical Liver Disease
  • Epidemiology of Hepatitis B Virus Infection in the United States [2018]

• Hepatology
  • An Updated Assessment of Chronic Hepatitis B Prevalence Among Foreign-Born Persons Living in the United States [2021]

• Hepatology Communications
  • Prevalence and awareness of Hepatitis B virus infection in the United States: January 2017 - March 2020 [2023]

WHO

• World Health Organization
  • Hepatitis B (WHO Mortality Database)

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