Review of Albanian studies suggests the need for further efforts to counteract significant hepatitis B virus prevalence

Table 1 Key studies on hepatitis B virus epidemiology in Albanian population

Ref.	Study region	Year	Age	Number of cases	Prevalence of HBsAg
Angoni et al[11]	Albania	1993	Adult	545	18.3%
Dalekos et al[14]	Refugees (Greece)	1995	All ages	1025	22.2%
Malamitsi-Puchner et al[15]	Albanian refugees	1996	Pregnant women	500	13.4%
Chironna et al[16]	Albanian refugees (Italy)	2000	All ages	670	13.6%
Papaevangelou et al[25]	Albanian (Greece)	2006	Pregnant women	409	9.8%
Kondili et al[18]	Albania	2007	Health care workers	480	8.1%
Katsanos et al[17]	Albania	2009	All ages	410	11.89%
Elefsiniotis et al[19]	Albanian refugees	2009	Pregnant women	408	11%
Resuli et al[20]	Albania	2009	All ages	3880	9.5%
Durro and Qyra[22]	Albania	2009	Blood donors	79274	7.9%
Milionis[21]	Albanian (Greece)	2010	10-23	504	11.7%