Hepatitis B Virus in Polish Blood Donors in the Period 2005–2019—Significant Changes in Epidemiology and Demographic Characteristics of Infected Donors

• Published in: Viruses Vol. 17; no. 1; p. 60
• Main Authors: Kopacz, Aneta, Kubicka-Russel, Dorota, Liszewski, Grzegorz, Sulkowska, Ewa, Chrzanowska, Anna, Zwolińska, Paulina, Noceń, Ewa, Potępa, Anna, Łętowska, Magdalena, Grabarczyk, Piotr
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 01.01.2025; MDPI
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Age; Blood & organ donations; blood donor; Blood donors; Blood Donors - statistics & numerical data; Blood transfusion; Demographic aspects; DNA, Viral - blood; Enzymes; Epidemiology; Female; HBV; Health aspects; Hepatitis B; Hepatitis B - blood; Hepatitis B - epidemiology; Hepatitis B - virology; Hepatitis B surface antigen; Hepatitis B Surface Antigens - blood; Hepatitis B virus; Hepatitis B virus - genetics; Hepatitis B virus - immunology; Hepatitis B virus - isolation & purification; Humans; Hypothesis testing; Immunization; Incidence; Male; Middle Aged; Neonates; Poland - epidemiology; prevalence; Prophylaxis; Seroepidemiologic Studies; Vaccination; Young Adult; Poland; France; United States > US; Europe; Germany; prevalence; HBV; incidence; blood donor

In the 1980s, Poland was a medium-endemic country, with one of the highest incidences of hepatitis B in Europe (45/105 inhabitants). Pursuant to the WHO guidelines, obligatory vaccination was introduced in 1994–1996 (as a part of hepatitis B prophylaxis for newborns), and in 2000–2011, all 14-year-o...