Open AccessHepatitis B seroprevalence in children and women and the impact of the hepatitis B vaccination program in the Black Sea Region of Turkey
Author(s) -
Güner Karatekın,
Mehmet O. Kilinc,
Banu Gülcan Öksüz,
Mahir İğde
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
the journal of infection in developing countries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 2036-6590
pISSN - 1972-2680
DOI - 10.3855/jidc.4102
Subject(s) - seroprevalence , medicine , vaccination , virology , hepatitis b , environmental health , immunology , demography , antibody , serology , sociology
This study aimed to determine the seroprevalence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in children and females in the middle Black Sea Region of Turkey and to assess the impact of the universal infant hepatitis B vaccination program started in 1998.
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