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1. Surveillance for hepatitis B virus infection in pregnant women in Greece shows high rates of chronic infection among immigrants and low vaccination-induced protection rates: preliminary results of a single center study

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Irene Glynou, Ioannis S. Elefsiniotis, Eleni Apostolopoulou, Hero Brokalaki, I. Magaziotou, H Kada, I. Zorou, George Saroglou, and E Vezali

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Hepatitis B virus, education.field_of_study, HBsAg, medicine.medical_specialty, Epidemiology, Obstetrics, business.industry, Population, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Hepatitis B, medicine.disease_cause, medicine.disease, Vaccination, Chronic infection, Virology, Immunology, medicine, Seroprevalence, Viral disease, education, business
Abstract

Epidemiological data on the prevalence of serological markers of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in pregnant women in Greece are limited. We evaluated the prevalence of HBV serological markers in a multinational population of pregnant women in Athens, Greece. The overall prevalence of hepatitis B surface antigen (HbsAg) was 4.1% with the highest rates among Albanian immigrants (12%). Relatively low vaccination-induced protection rates (32.5%) were observed, a finding suggesting that surveillance and immunisation programmes targeted at pregnant women are necessary.

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2009
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