Hepatitis B virus infection as a neglected tropical disease

Geraldine A O'Hara; Anna L McNaughton; Tongai Maponga; Pieter Jooste; Ponsiano Ocama; Roma Chilengi; Jolynne Mokaya; Mitchell I Liyayi; Tabitha Wachira; David M Gikungi; Lela Burbridge; Denise O'Donnell; Connie S Akiror; Derek Sloan; Judith Torimiro; Louis Marie Yindom; Robert Walton; Monique Andersson; Kevin Marsh; Robert Newton; Philippa C Matthews

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0005842

Hepatitis B virus infection as a neglected tropical disease

PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2017 Oct 5;11(10):e0005842. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005842. eCollection 2017 Oct.

Authors

Geraldine A O'Hara^{1

2}, Anna L McNaughton³, Tongai Maponga⁴, Pieter Jooste⁵, Ponsiano Ocama², Roma Chilengi⁶, Jolynne Mokaya⁷, Mitchell I Liyayi⁸, Tabitha Wachira⁹, David M Gikungi¹⁰, Lela Burbridge¹¹, Denise O'Donnell¹¹, Connie S Akiror¹², Derek Sloan¹³, Judith Torimiro^{14

15}, Louis Marie Yindom¹⁶, Robert Walton¹⁷, Monique Andersson^{4

18}, Kevin Marsh^{3

19}, Robert Newton^{2

20}, Philippa C Matthews^{3

18}

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.
² Co-infection Studies Programme, MRC/UVRI Uganda Research Unit, Entebbe, Uganda.
³ Nuffield Department of Medicine, Peter Medawar Building for Pathogen Research, Oxford, United Kingdom.
⁴ Division of Medical Virology, Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Tygerberg, Cape Town, South Africa.
⁵ Department of Paediatrics, Kimberley Hospital, Kimberley, South Africa.
⁶ Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia.
⁷ Health System Research Ethics Department, KEMRI Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi, Kenya.
⁸ Mother and Child Health Department, Baringo County Referral Hospital, Baringo, Kenya.
⁹ Medical-Surgical Department, Machakos Level 5 Hospital, Machakos, Kenya.
¹⁰ Garissa County Referral Hospital, Garissa, Kenya.
¹¹ Patient and Public Involvement Committee, Translational Gastroenterology Unit, Nuffield Department of Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom.
¹² Global Healthcare Public Foundation, Kampala, Uganda.
¹³ School of Medicine, Medical & Biological Sciences, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Scotland, United Kingdom.
¹⁴ Chantal Biya International Reference Centre for Research on HIV/AIDS, Yaounde, Cameroon.
¹⁵ Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaounde I, Yaounde, Cameroon.
¹⁶ Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
¹⁷ Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom.
¹⁸ Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trusts, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom.
¹⁹ Africa-Oxford (AfOx) Initiative, Peter Medawar Building for Pathogen Research, Oxford, United Kingdom.
²⁰ Department of Health Sciences, University of York, York, United Kingdom.

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Antiviral Agents / therapeutic use
Female
Hepatitis B / drug therapy*
Hepatitis B / mortality
Hepatitis B / prevention & control*
Hepatitis B / transmission
Hepatitis B Vaccines / immunology*
Hepatitis B virus*
Humans
Immunoglobulins
Infant, Newborn
Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical
Neglected Diseases / virology*
Poverty
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / virology
Time Factors
Tropical Medicine*

Substances

Antiviral Agents
Hepatitis B Vaccines
Immunoglobulins

Publication types

MeSH terms

Substances

Grants and funding