Title |
The impact of immigration and vaccination in reducing the incidence of hepatitis B in Catalonia (Spain)
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Published in |
BMC Public Health, August 2012
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2458-12-614 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Manuel Oviedo, M Pilar Muñoz, Gloria Carmona, Eva Borrás, Joan Batalla, Nuria Soldevila, Angela Domínguez |
Abstract |
The Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a major cause of liver disease and liver cancer worldwide according to the World Health Organization. Following acute HBV infection, 1-5% of infected healthy adults and up to 90% of infected infants become chronic carriers and have an increased risk of cirrhosis and primary hepatocellular carcinoma. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between the reduction in acute hepatitis B incidence and the universal vaccination programme in preadolescents in Catalonia (Spain), taking population changes into account, and to construct a model to forecast the future incidence of cases that permits the best preventive strategy to be adopted. |
X Demographics
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Spain | 5 | 42% |
United States | 2 | 17% |
Mexico | 1 | 8% |
Unknown | 4 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 11 | 92% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 8% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Unknown | 46 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Student > Master | 10 | 22% |
Student > Bachelor | 7 | 15% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 6 | 13% |
Other | 5 | 11% |
Researcher | 4 | 9% |
Other | 6 | 13% |
Unknown | 8 | 17% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 17 | 37% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 7 | 15% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 5 | 11% |
Social Sciences | 2 | 4% |
Mathematics | 1 | 2% |
Other | 3 | 7% |
Unknown | 11 | 24% |