The increasing burden of imported chronic hepatitis B--United States, 1974-2008.

<h4>Background</h4>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 imm...

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Main Authors: Tarissa Mitchell, Gregory L Armstrong, Dale J Hu, Annemarie Wasley, John A Painter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0027717&type=printable
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