Current status and strategies for hepatitis B control in Korea

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is the most common cause of chronic liver diseases in Korea. After the introduction of the universal HBV vaccination program, the prevalence of hepatitis B surface antigen was markedly reduced, and Korea is now classified as an area of intermediate endemicity for HB...

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Main Authors: Eun Ju Cho, Sung Eun Kim, Ki Tae Suk, Jihyun An, Soung Won Jeong, Woo Jin Chung, Yoon Jun Kim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korean Association for the Study of the Liver 2017-09-01
Series:Clinical and Molecular Hepatology
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Online Access:http://e-cmh.org/upload/pdf/cmh-2017-0104.pdf