Publications — HEPSANET

Cohort description

EPIDEMIOLOGY AND INFECTION 2023
This paper describes the HEPSANET cohort baseline data and sets out the research vision for the network.

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Biomarkers for liver fibrosis

NATURE COMMUNICATIONS 2023
We investigated the performance of non-invasive markers for liver fibrosis in Africa, testing APRI, GPR and ALT. We derived new thresholds with improved performance.

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Perspective: challenges for HBV in Africa

BMC GLOBAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2023
This perspective article set out the challenges in care for people with HBV in Africa and suggested how we can work to improve it.

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HEPSANET score for treatment eligiblity

LANCET GASTROENTEROLOGY AND HEPATOLOGY 2024
We developed a score that can be used in rural and decentralised settings for determining treatment eligibility using data from the HEPSANET cohorts

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Africa must not be left out of the hepatitis B cure era

LANCET GASTROENTEROLOGY AND HEPATOLOGY 2026
This commentary calls for research on HBV cure to be conducted in Africa.

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Steatosis and hepatitis B in Africa

JOURNAL OF VIRAL HEPATITIS 2026
We describe the prevalence of hepatic steatosis in people with chronic hepatitis B in Africa

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Poster presentations

Click the link below to see HEPSANET posters presented at international conferences, which are hosted on our FigShare website. You can also view posters in the gallery below- click on a poster to download the PDF.

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