B型肝炎とC型肝炎の流行と認知度およびワクチンによるB型肝炎に対する免疫:カナダ保健測定調査 (2016年−2019年) の調査結果

Simone Périnet1, Anson Williams1, Qiuying Yang1

  • 1Centre for Communicable Diseases and Infection Control, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, ON.

まとめ

この研究は,カナダにおけるB型肝炎ウイルス (HBV) とC型肝炎ウイルス (HCV) の感染率を推定した. 発症率が低いことが明らかになったが,これらの感染症に対する認識を高める必要があることを強調した.

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