@article{81c20f1a50084dde920fbbd9ad0972a0,
title = "HBV prevention and treatment in countries of central Asia and the caucasus",
abstract = "The countries of Central Asia and the Caucasus are linked by travel and trade, which is promoted by visa-free mobility across borders. Unfortunately, this migrant mobility has given rise to the transmission of various infections within this region. Overlaps in culture, tradition, and behavior among these countries provide opportunities to share experiences that have proven effective in controlling transmission. Here we present a review of hepatitis B virus (HBV) prevalence, prevention and treatment across Central Asia and the Caucasus. Overall, owing to effective measures, while HBV prevalence has been steadily declining in the region, certain gaps still exist regarding the generation and availability of HBV infection data.",
keywords = "Caucasus, Central Asia, HBV",
author = "Daulet Amerzhanov and Indira Suleimenova and Salima Davlidova and Zhamilya Nugmanova and Syed Ali",
note = "Funding Information: Funding: S.A. received funding for this study from Nazarbayev University under the grant: 110119FD4516, and from the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institute of Health under Award Number R03DA052179. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of Nazarbayev University or the National Institute of Health. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).",
year = "2020",
month = oct,
doi = "10.3390/v12101112",
language = "English",
volume = "12",
journal = "Viruses",
issn = "1999-4915",
publisher = "Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)",
number = "10",
}