Serological and molecular epidemiological outcomes after two decades of universal infant hepatitis B virus (HBV) vaccination in Nunavut, Canada

Serological and molecular epidemiological outcomes after two decades of universal infant hepatitis B virus (HBV) vaccination in Nunavut, Canada

Background: Chronic HBV within the Canadian Arctic is considered endemic (>2% prevalence). To control endemic rates in Nunavut, a vaccination program was initiated approximately 20 years ago, targeted at newborns and grade school students, as an interim catch-up program, such that all individuals...

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Main Author: Huynh, Chris
Other Authors: Osiowy, Carla (Medical Microbiology)
Published: 2015
Subjects:
hepatitis B virus
HBV
epidemiology
vaccine
vaccination
Nunavut
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1993/30183

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