An Updated Assessment of Chronic Hepatitis B Prevalence Among Foreign‐Born Persons Living in the United States

• Published in: Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) Vol. 74; no. 2; pp. 607 - 626
• Main Authors: Wong, Robert J., Brosgart, Carol L., Welch, Sue, Block, Tim, Chen, Mark, Cohen, Chari, Kim, W. Ray, Kowdley, Kris V., Lok, Anna S., Tsai, Naoky, Ward, John, Wong, Steven S., Gish, Robert G.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc 01.08.2021; John Wiley and Sons Inc
• Subjects: Emigrants and Immigrants - statistics & numerical data; Hepatitis; Hepatitis B; Hepatitis B surface antigen; Hepatitis B virus - isolation & purification; Hepatitis B, Chronic - blood; Hepatitis B, Chronic - epidemiology; Hepatology; Humans; Immigration; Original; Prevalence; Seroepidemiologic Studies; Serology; Sex differences; United States > US

Background and Aims Although prevalence of chronic hepatitis B (CHB) in the USA includes 0.42 million (range, 0.28‐0.67) U.S.‐born persons, foreign‐born (FB) persons contribute a substantially larger number to the burden of CHB in the USA. Over the past decade, patterns of U.S. immigration have chan...