Chronic hepatitis B infection-an unmet medical need in New Zealand 35 years after universal neonatal vaccination

N Z Med J. 2020 Jul 31;133(1519):70-80.

Authors

Erin Horsfall¹, Ed Gane¹, Ahmad Anwar², Chris Moyes², Alex Lampen-Smith², Susan Hay², Chris Cunningham³

Affiliations

¹ New Zealand Liver Transplant Unit, Auckland City Hospital, Auckland.
² The Hepatitis Foundation of New Zealand, Whakatane.
³ Research Centre for Māori Health & Development, Massey University, Wellington.

PMID: 32777797

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Child
Child, Preschool
Ethnicity / statistics & numerical data
Female
Hepatitis B Surface Antigens / blood
Hepatitis B Vaccines
Hepatitis B, Chronic / epidemiology*
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Male
Middle Aged
New Zealand / epidemiology
Prevalence
Racial Groups / statistics & numerical data
Retrospective Studies
Young Adult

Substances

Hepatitis B Surface Antigens
Hepatitis B Vaccines