Publication Name	World Journal of Gastroenterology
Manuscript ID	6654
Country	Italy

Received	2013-10-26 12:19
Peer-Review Started	2013-10-27 12:19
To Make the First Decision	2014-01-09 12:34
Return for Revision	2014-01-11 19:06
Revised	2014-01-28 22:01
Second Decision	2014-04-09 08:12
Accepted by Journal Editor-in-Chief
Accepted by Executive Editor-in-Chief	2014-04-09 08:57
Articles in Press	2014-05-23 11:09
Publication Fee Transferred
Edit the Manuscript by Language Editor	2014-04-14 06:04
Typeset the Manuscript	2014-06-13 17:48
Publish the Manuscript Online	2014-06-27 10:37

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Category	Infectious Diseases
Manuscript Type	Topic Highlights
Article Title	Epidemiology of acute and chronic hepatitis B and delta over the last 5 decades in Italy
Manuscript Source	Invited Manuscript
All Author List	Evangelista Sagnelli, Caterina Sagnelli, Mariantonietta Pisaturo, Margherita Macera and Nicola Coppola
Funding Agency and Grant Number
Corresponding Author	Evangelista Sagnelli, Professor, Department of Mental Health and Public Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, Second University of Naples, Via: L. Armanni 5, 80131 Naples, Italy. evangelista.sagnelli@yahoo.com
Key Words	Acute hepatitis B; Acute hepatitis delta; Chronic viral hepatitis; Hepatitis B virus epidemiology; Hepatitis delta virus epidemiology
Core Tip	Although an impressive reduction in the spread of hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis delta virus (HDV) infection has been observed over the last few decades, these infections are still a heavy burden for the Italian Health Care System. This review article analyzes these epidemiological variations in relation to the changing impact of the single risk factors for the acquisition of both infections and to the most important socio-economic events contributing to the progression to lower levels of HBV and HDV endemicity. The paper also identifies strategies for maintaining and possibly further reducing the low level of endemicity reached in recent years.
Publish Date	2014-06-27 10:37
Citation	Sagnelli E, Sagnelli C, Pisaturo M, Macera M, Coppola N. Epidemiology of acute and chronic hepatitis B and delta over the last 5 decades in Italy. World J Gastroenterol 2014; 20(24): 7635-7643
URL	http://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v20/i24/7635.htm
DOI	http://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v20.i24.7635

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