Hepatitis B in Senegal: A Successful Infant Vaccination Program but Urgent Need to Scale Up Screening and Treatment (ANRS 12356 AmBASS survey)

Senegal introduced the infant hepatitis B virus (HBV) vaccination in 2004 and recently committed to eliminating hepatitis B by 2030. Updated epidemiological data are needed to provide information on the progress being made and to develop new interventions. We estimated the prevalence of hepatitis B...

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Main Authors: Lauren Périères, Aldiouma Diallo, Fabienne Marcellin, Marie Libérée Nishimwe, El Hadji Ba, Marion Coste, Gora Lo, Philippe Halfon, Coumba Touré Kane, Gwenaëlle Maradan, Patrizia Carrieri, Assane Diouf, Yusuke Shimakawa, Cheikh Sokhna, Sylvie Boyer, ANRS 12356 AmBASS Survey Study Group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Health/LWW 2022-05-01
Series:Hepatology Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/hep4.1879