The Increasing Burden of Imported Chronic Hepatitis B — United States, 1974–2008

BACKGROUND: Without intervention, up to 25% of individuals chronically infected with hepatitis B virus (HBV) die of late complications, including cirrhosis and liver cancer. The United States, which in 1991 implemented a strategy to eliminate HBV transmission through universal immunization, is a cou...

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Autores principales: Mitchell, Tarissa, Armstrong, Gregory L., Hu, Dale J., Wasley, Annemarie, Painter, John A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3233539/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22163270
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0027717

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3233539/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22163270
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0027717

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