Hepatitis B Immunization
Infant vaccination fights hepatitis B endemicity in Malaysia
Published in Hepatitis Weekly, July 4th, 2005
According to a study from Malaysia, "the implementation of the Expanded Program of Immunization (EPI) in 1989 has dramatic impact on hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in school children in Malaysia. A cross-sectional seroprevalence study of HBV infection in 190,077 school children aged 7-12 years from 1997 to 2003 showed a steady decline of HBV surfacce antigen (HBsAg) prevalence rate from 2.5% for children born in 1985 to 0.4% among school children born in 1996."
"The overall prevalence of HBsAg was 0.6%, 0.7% in males and 0.6% in females. Over 92.7% of school children had been vaccinated...
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Source: Hepatitis Weekly (2005-07-04)
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