Progress in vaccination towards hepatitis B control and elimination in the Region of the Americas

• Main Authors: Alba Maria Ropero Álvarez (Author), Silvia Pérez-Vilar (Author), Carmelita Pacis-Tirso (Author), Marcela Contreras (Author), Nathalie El Omeiri (Author), Cuauhtémoc Ruiz-Matus (Author), Martha Velandia-González (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Over recent decades, the Region of the Americas has made significant progress towards hepatitis B elimination. We summarize the countries/territories' efforts in introducing and implementing hepatitis B (HB) vaccination and in evaluating its impact on HB virus seroprevalence...