Comprehensive approach to controlling chronic hepatitis B in China

• Published in: Clinical and molecular hepatology Vol. 30; no. 2; pp. 135 - 143
• Main Authors: Shan, Shan, Zhao, Xinyan, Jia, Jidong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Korea (South) Korean Association for the Study of the Liver 01.04.2024; The Korean Association for the Study of the Liver; 대한간학회
• Subjects: Antigens; Antiviral drugs; Babies; Blood & organ donations; Children & youth; china; Disease prevention; Drug dosages; Families & family life; Family medical history; health insurance reimbursement; Hepatitis B; Hepatology; HIV; Human immunodeficiency virus; Immune system; Infections; Infectious diseases; Liver cancer; Liver cirrhosis; Mothers; Newborn babies; Pregnancy; prevention; Review; Rural areas; Serology; treatment; Vaccines; Womens health; 내과학; China; treatment; reimbursement policy; hepatitis B; China; prevention

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection was highly endemic in China, where the prevalence of HBsAg was 9.7% in 1992. Comprehensive strategies, including universal infant hepatitis B vaccination with emphasis on timely birth-dose and 3-dose coverage, dramatically reduced the mother-to-infant transmission a...