Effectiveness of HBV vaccination in infants and prediction of HBV prevalence trend under new vaccination plan: findings of a large-scale investigation.

BACKGROUND: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection remains a severe public health problem. Investigating its prevalence and trends is essential to prevention. METHODS: To evaluate the effectiveness of HBV vaccination under the 1992 Intervention Program for infants and predicted HBV prevalence trends unde...

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Main Authors: Shi-gui Yang, Bing Wang, Ping Chen, Cheng-bo Yu, Min Deng, Jun Yao, Chun-xia Zhu, Jing-jing Ren, Wei Wu, Bin Ju, Jian-feng Shen, Yu Chen, Ming D Li, Bing Ruan, Lanjuan Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3477110?pdf=render