Assessment and Simplification of Treatment Eligibility Among Patients With Chronic Hepatitis B Infection in Vietnam.
Vinh Vu HaiYusuke ShimakawaJin KimHai Do NgocQuang Le MinhDidier LaureillardMaud LemoinePublished in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2021)
Our study suggests that a large proportion of patients with chronic HBV infection require antiviral therapy in Vietnam. Compared with the simplified WHO criteria free from HBV DNA quantification, TREAT-B is a better alternative to easily indicate treatment eligibility and might help scale up treatment intervention in Vietnam.