Gastroenterology
Volume 138, Issue 2 , Pages 522-530 , February 2010

Screening and Early Treatment of Migrants for Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection Is Cost-Effective

  • Irene K. Veldhuijzen

      Affiliations

    • Division of Infectious Disease Control, Municipal Public Health Service Rotterdam-Rijnmond, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    • Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests Address requests for reprints to: Irene K. Veldhuijzen, MD, Division of Infectious Disease Control, Municipal Public Health Service Rotterdam-Rijnmond, PO Box 70032, 3000 LP Rotterdam, The Netherlands. fax: (31) 10-433 9747
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  • Mehlika Toy

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    • LiverDoc, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Susan J.M. Hahné

      Affiliations

    • National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands
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  • G. Ardine De Wit

      Affiliations

    • National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands
    • Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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  • Solko W. Schalm

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    • LiverDoc, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Robert A. de Man

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Jan Hendrik Richardus

      Affiliations

    • Division of Infectious Disease Control, Municipal Public Health Service Rotterdam-Rijnmond, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    • Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Received 2 July 2009 ,Accepted 19 October 2009.

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 Conflicts of interest The authors disclose the following: Prof. S.W. Schalm has received research grants and speaker's fees from GlaxoSmithKline and Bristol-Myers Squibb, respectively. The remaining authors disclose no conflicts.

 Funding Supported by EU grant (LSHM-CT-2004-503359) VIRGIL to Erasmus MC and by an unrestricted grant from the Foundation for Liver Research to Erasmus MC.

PII: S0016-5085(09)01936-2

doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2009.10.039

Gastroenterology
Volume 138, Issue 2 , Pages 522-530 , February 2010

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