Coverage with Timely Administered Vaccination against Hepatitis B Virus and Its Influence on the Prevalence of HBV Infection in the Regions of Different Endemicity

Coverage with Timely Administered Vaccination against Hepatitis B Virus and Its Influence on the Prevalence of HBV Infection in the Regions of Different Endemicity

Universal hepatitis B vaccination of newborns was implemented in Russia starting from 1998. From 1998 to 2019, the incidence of acute hepatitis B reduced from 43.8 to 0.57 cases per 100,000 population. Here, we assessed the timely coverage of newborns with the birth dose (HepB-BD), second dose (HepB...

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Main Authors: Karen K. Kyuregyan, Vera S. Kichatova, Olga V. Isaeva, Ilya A. Potemkin, Elena Yu. Malinnikova, Maria A. Lopatukhina, Anastasia A. Karlsen, Fedor A. Asadi Mobarhan, Eugeniy V. Mullin, Olga S. Slukinova, Margarita E. Ignateva, Snezhana S. Sleptsova, Elena E. Oglezneva, Elena V. Shibrik, Maria G. Isaguliants, Mikhail I. Mikhailov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-01-01
Series:Vaccines
Subjects:
hepatitis B vaccine
birth dose coverage
HBV prevalence
hepatitis B epidemiology
public health
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/9/2/82

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