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- Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is transmitted through sexual contact, contaminated blood, or from infected mothers to newborns, and can lead to short-term or long-term liver infections.
- The U.S. began targeting high-risk groups for HBV vaccination in 1982 and expanded this to include universal vaccination for newborns starting in 1991.
- The report discusses HBV infection rates and vaccination evidence from blood samples collected in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) between 2015 and 2018.
Article Abstract
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a type of viral hepatitis transmitted through sexual contact, contaminated blood, or from an infected mother to her newborn (1). HBV may cause a liver infection that is acute or short-term, but may also cause chronic or long-term infection. Vaccination was targeted to high-risk groups in 1982, and universal vaccination of newborns was recommended beginning in 1991 in the United States (2). This report provides 2015-2018 prevalence estimates of past or present HBV infection and evidence of hepatitis B vaccination, based on blood collected in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES).
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