Open AccessTrends in Prevalence and Characteristics of Resolved and Current Hepatitis B Among US-Born Persons: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2001–2018
Author(s) -
Kathleen N. Ly,
Jian Xing,
Philip R. Spradling
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.69
H-Index - 252
eISSN - 1537-6613
pISSN - 0022-1899
DOI - 10.1093/infdis/jiab224
Subject(s) - medicine , national health and nutrition examination survey , incidence (geometry) , hepatitis b , demography , epidemiology , prevalence , population , environmental health , immunology , sociology , optics , physics
After decades of decline, US acute hepatitis B incidence flattened since 2011. In persons aged ≥40 years and in jurisdictions affected by the opioid crisis, there is an increase in new cases. Data suggest new infections are occurring among US-born persons.
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