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Hepatitis B Rates Drop Among Kids Due To Effective Vaccination Programs, More

Efforts Needed For Adults

Editor's Choice

Academic Journal

Main Category: Liver Disease / Hepatitis

Also Included In: Immune System / Vaccines; Sexual Health / STDs; Pediatrics /

Children's Health

Article Date: 28 Feb 2011 - 14:00 PST

Approximately 5.1% of the American population had been exposed to HBV (Hepatitis

B virus) between 1988 and 1994, researchers wrote in ls of Internal

Medicine.

Since that date, extensive vaccination campaigns for children, as well as

education about safe practices should have led to a drop in HBV infection rates.

Unfortunately, however, during the same timeframe, rates for those at highest

risk of HBV infection rose. Leaving a question regarding current HBV rates in

the United States.

Scientists carried out a national population-based survey to find out what the

prevalence and associations of HBV, past exposure, and immunity in America was

between 1999 and 2008.

They found that HBV exposure among individuals aged 18 years or less was

extremely low, an indication of effective vaccination programs among the young.

Even though young Americans are most likely have considerable protection, adults

in high-risk groups still have low rates of immunity for HBV.

The authors conclude future vaccination efforts should target at-risk adults.

Hepatitis B - this is a sexually transmitted disease. It is caused by the virus

HBV (Hepatitis B Virus) and is spread by contact with infected blood, semen, and

some other body fluids. You get Hepatitis B by having unprotected sex with an

infected person, using a syringe that was used by an infected person, having

your skin perforated by unsterilized needles, consuming an infected mother's

milk, or being bitten by an infected person.

The liver of an individual with Hepatitis B swells. They can suffer serious

liver damage. In some cases the disease becomes chronic (lifelong or long-term).

Donated blood today is always tested for Hepatitis B.

" Hepatitis B Virus in the United States: Infection, Exposure, and Immunity Rates

in a Nationally Representative Survey "

G.N. Ioannou

ls of Internal Medicine 319 - 1st March 2011

Written by Christian Nordqvist

Copyright: Medical News Today

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http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/217713.php

Hepatitis B Rates Drop Among Kids Due To Effective Vaccination Programs, More

Efforts Needed For Adults

Editor's Choice

Academic Journal

Main Category: Liver Disease / Hepatitis

Also Included In: Immune System / Vaccines; Sexual Health / STDs; Pediatrics /

Children's Health

Article Date: 28 Feb 2011 - 14:00 PST

Approximately 5.1% of the American population had been exposed to HBV (Hepatitis

B virus) between 1988 and 1994, researchers wrote in ls of Internal

Medicine.

Since that date, extensive vaccination campaigns for children, as well as

education about safe practices should have led to a drop in HBV infection rates.

Unfortunately, however, during the same timeframe, rates for those at highest

risk of HBV infection rose. Leaving a question regarding current HBV rates in

the United States.

Scientists carried out a national population-based survey to find out what the

prevalence and associations of HBV, past exposure, and immunity in America was

between 1999 and 2008.

They found that HBV exposure among individuals aged 18 years or less was

extremely low, an indication of effective vaccination programs among the young.

Even though young Americans are most likely have considerable protection, adults

in high-risk groups still have low rates of immunity for HBV.

The authors conclude future vaccination efforts should target at-risk adults.

Hepatitis B - this is a sexually transmitted disease. It is caused by the virus

HBV (Hepatitis B Virus) and is spread by contact with infected blood, semen, and

some other body fluids. You get Hepatitis B by having unprotected sex with an

infected person, using a syringe that was used by an infected person, having

your skin perforated by unsterilized needles, consuming an infected mother's

milk, or being bitten by an infected person.

The liver of an individual with Hepatitis B swells. They can suffer serious

liver damage. In some cases the disease becomes chronic (lifelong or long-term).

Donated blood today is always tested for Hepatitis B.

" Hepatitis B Virus in the United States: Infection, Exposure, and Immunity Rates

in a Nationally Representative Survey "

G.N. Ioannou

ls of Internal Medicine 319 - 1st March 2011

Written by Christian Nordqvist

Copyright: Medical News Today

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