Prevalence and Trends in Hepatitis B Virus Infection in the United States, 2015-2018
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Abstract:
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a type of viral hepatitis transmitted through sexual contact, contaminated blood, or from an infected mother to her newborn (1). HBV may cause a liver infection that is acute or short-term, but may also cause chronic or long-term infection. Vaccination was targeted to high-risk groups in 1982, and universal vaccination of newborns was recommended beginning in 1991 in the United States (2). This report provides 2015-2018 prevalence estimates of past or present HBV infection and evidence of hepatitis B vaccination, based on blood collected in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES).
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