Chronic hepatitis B--still a problem in children
Pohaci-Antonesei, L.; Bratu, L.; Rusu, T.; Moraru, E.
Revista Medico-Chirurgicala a Societatii de Medici Si Naturalisti Din Iasi 114(3): 738-742
2010
ISSN/ISBN: 0048-7848 PMID: 21243800 Document Number: 638601
Vaccination of the newborns and adolescents had impact on the incidence of acute and chronic infection with hepatitis B virus (HBV) in children. After a decade of this national program application, authors proposed to study the epidemiologic dynamics of chronic infection with HBV in this interval, compared with the previous period, prior to vaccination.