Hepatitis B: References

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References

Citations

1. Berenguer M, Wright TL (2006). Hepatitis B and D. In M Feldman et al., eds., Sleisenger and Fordtran's Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease, 8th ed., vol. 2, pp. 1647–1679. Philadelphia: Saunders Elsevier.

2. U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2006). Viral Hepatitis B Fact Sheet. Available online: http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/hepatitis/b/fact.htm.

3. American Public Health Association (2004). Viral hepatitis B. In Control of Communicable Diseases Manual, 18th ed., pp. 253–261. Washington, DC: American Public Health Association.

4. Lok ASF, McMahon BJ (2007). Chronic hepatitis B. Hepatology, 45(2): 507–539.

5. American Academy of Pediatrics (2006). Hepatitis B. In LK Pickering, ed., Red Book: 2006 Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases, 27th ed., pp. 335–355. Elk Grove, IL: American Academy of Pediatrics.

6. World Health Organization (2003). Immunizations, vaccines, and biologicals: Hepatitis B. Available online: http://www.who.int/vaccines/en/hepatitisb.shtml.

Other Works Consulted

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2008). Recommendations for identification and public health management of persons with chronic hepatitis B virus infection. MMWR, 57 (RR-08): 1–20. Available online: www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5708a1.htm.

• Janssen, H (2005). Pegylated interferon alfa-2b alone or in combination with lamivudine for HBeAg-positive chronic hepatitis B: A randomised trial. Lancet, 365(9454): 123–129.

Last updated:	October 15, 2007
Author:	Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS
Reviewed By:	Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine, W. Thomas London, MD - Hepatology
Editors:	Susan Van Houten, RN, BSN, MBA, Pat Truman, MATC