Hepatitis B Virus Vaccines

Study data from University of New South Wales update knowledge of hepatitis B virus vaccines

Published in Hepatitis Weekly, March 31st, 2008

New research, 'An enormous hepatitis B virus-related liver disease burden projected in Vietnam by 2025,' is the subject of a report. "Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is the major cause of chronic liver disease in Vietnam. This study aimed to estimate and project chronic HBV prevalence and HBV-related liver cirrhosis (LC) and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) for the period 1990-2025," scientists in Sydney, Australia report.

"The Vietnamese population for the period 1990-1999 was derived from census data to 1999 and from 2000 to 2025 based on projection data from the United States Census Bureau. Population chronic HBV prevalence for males and females was estimated based on...

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