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Universal HBV Vaccination Needed in Endemic Areas

Published in Cancer Weekly, February 19th, 1996

Universal hepatitis B vaccination in infancy and childhood would drastically reduce the incidence of chronic liver disease, cirrhosis and primary liver cancer in areas with a high prevalence of hepatitis B infection, according to a report from China.

The report was presented at the VII International Symposium on Viral Hepatitis, held January 25-27, 1996 in Madrid, Spain.

Researcher Wang Shu-Sheng and colleagues conducted a population-based survey in Long An County, South China to evaluate the long-term efficacy of universal infant and childhood vaccination.

The baseline and follow-up seroprevalence surveys were conducted in a...

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