Hepatitis B Blood Donor Screening Data: An Under-Recognized Resource for Canadian Public Health Surveillance

Hepatitis B Blood Donor Screening Data: An Under-Recognized Resource for Canadian Public Health Surveillance

Hepatitis B surveillance is essential to achieving Canada’s goal of eliminating hepatitis B by 2030. Hepatitis B rates, association of infection with vaccine age-eligibility, and risk factors were analyzed among 1,401,603 first-time Canadian blood donors from 2005 to 2020. Donors were classified as...

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Main Authors: Sheila F. O’Brien, Cassandra N. Reedman, Carla Osiowy, Shelly Bolotin, Qi-Long Yi, Lillian Lourenço, Antoine Lewin, Mawuena Binka, Niamh Caffrey, Steven J. Drews
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-02-01
Series:Viruses
Subjects:
blood donors
chronic hepatitis B
vaccination
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/15/2/409

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