Anti-Hbs antibodies have been sought in 545 expatriates having a total sojourn in endemic areas of 3,340 years. The results permit evaluating the frequency of contaminations in endemic areas at 1 for 175 year-expatriates, while it is 1 for 700 year-subjects in the not-expatriate group. This risk seems to justify vaccination against hepatitis B of persons who are to be assigned for long periods in endemic areas.
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