Kikuchi, Minami
Sawabe, Motoji
Aoyagi, Haruyo
Wakae, Kosho
Watashi, Koichi
Hattori, Satoru
Kawabe, Naoto
Yoshioka, Kentaro
Tanaka, Junko
Muramatsu, Masamichi
Wakita, Takaji
Aizaki, Hideki https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8346-4729
Funding for this research was provided by:
the ministry of health, labour and welfare of japan (19HC1001)
the ministry of health, labour and welfare of japan (20HC1001)
the ministry of health, labour and welfare of japan (21HC2001)
the ministry of education, culture, sports, science and technology of japan (21K07974)
the advanced research & development programs for medical innovation (21fk0210066j0002)
the advanced research & development programs for medical innovation (21fk0310112j0705)
the advanced research & development programs for medical innovation (21fk0210047h0003)
the advanced research & development programs for medical innovation (21fk0210086j0301)
Article History
Received: 29 June 2021
Accepted: 26 October 2021
First Online: 2 December 2021
Declarations
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: Naoto Kawabe has received research grants from AbbVie GK. Minami Kikuchi, Motoji Sawabe, Haruyo Aoyagi, Kosho Wakae, Koichi Watashi, Satoru Hattori, Kentaro Yoshioka, Junko Tanaka, Masamichi Muramatsu, Takaji Wakita and Hideki Aizaki have no conflict of interest.
: The personal information of the hepatitis virus-positive individuals, including age, gender, and residential area, was fully managed by the public health center, only anonymous secondary data were used for the analysis, and the results were shared only by the NIID and regional core center. Written informed consent was obtained from each patient included in the study and the study protocol conforms to the ethical guidelines of the 1975 Declaration of Helsinki. This study was approved by the NIID ethics committee (Approval No.: 796).
: All participants provided written informed consent before any study procedures and agreed to receive interventions.
: All authors of this manuscript have read and approved the final submitted version and are aware that they are listed as an author on this paper.