Abstract
The impact of different immunization strategies on hepatitis B infection rates in Italy oveR a 20 year period is simulated by the means of a simple deterministic mathematical model. The anticipated effect of vaccination of health workers only, of newborns from HBsAg+ mothers, of all newborns, of the entire population are simulated. Immunization of newborns from hbSaG+ mothers is by far the strategy with the greater effectiveness per unit cost.
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Pasquini, P., Delimar, N., Kosicek, M. et al. Impact of hepatitis B immunization strategies on infection rates in Italy: A deterministic computer simulation. Eur J Epidemiol 3, 19–24 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00145067
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