Trends in Prevalence of Protective Levels of Hepatitis B Surface Antibody Among Adults Aged 18–49 Years With Risk Factors for Hepatitis B Virus Infection—United States, 2003–2014 | Zendy

Hope King | Zendy; Jian Xing | Zendy; Hazel D. Dean | Zendy; Deborah Holtzman | Zendy

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Trends in Prevalence of Protective Levels of Hepatitis B Surface Antibody Among Adults Aged 18–49 Years With Risk Factors for Hepatitis B Virus Infection—United States, 2003–2014

Author(s) -

Hope King,

Jian Xing,

Hazel D. Dean,

Deborah Holtzman

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciz537

Subject(s) - medicine , serology , hepatitis b virus , hepatitis b , vaccination , logistic regression , national health and nutrition examination survey , immunology , young adult , antibody , demography , virus , environmental health , population , sociology

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection can be prevented through vaccination. However, previous data show that only about 24%-45% of US adults at high risk of HBV infection are protected. Our aims were to assess prevalence and trends in protective levels of hepatitis B surface antibody (anti-HBs) from 2003 to 2014 and explore factors associated with protection among adults at high risk.

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