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Epidemiology of Hepatitis B

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In this chapter the global distribution and contemporary trends of the prevalence of hepatitis B in the different regions of the world were described. Analysis of the relationship between HBV prevalence and income, also vaccination campaign of infants and children under 5 years old, is presented. Specific attention was paid on the distribution of hepatitis B among risk groups (intravenous drug users, men who have sex with men, indigenous peoples and minorities, prisoners, migrants, blood donors, health-care workers, coinfection with HIV infection and hepatitis C). Gaps and problems in the study of hepatitis B epidemiology and prophylaxis and future trends and prognosis of the spread of HBV in the world are discussed.

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  1. Department of Infectious Diseases, Rostov State Medical University, Rostov-on-Don, Russia

    Natalia Pshenichnaya

  2. Department of Infectious Diseases and Parasitology, Rostov Scientific Research Institute of Microbiology and Parasitology, Rostov-on-Don, Russia

    Natalia Pshenichnaya

  3. Reference Center for Viral Hepatitis, Central Research Institute of Epidemiology, Moscow, Russia

    Vladimir Chulanov

  4. Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Ondokuz Mayis University Medical School, Samsun, Turkey

    Hakan Leblebicioglu

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Pshenichnaya, N., Chulanov, V., Leblebicioglu, H. (2018). Epidemiology of Hepatitis B. In: Ozaras, R., Tahan, V. (eds) Viral Hepatitis: Chronic Hepatitis B. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93449-5_3

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