HBV immunization and vaccine coverage among hospitalized children in Cameroon, Central African Republic and Senegal: a cross-sectional study
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- 作者：Claudine Bekondi ; Roberta Zanchi ; Abdoulaye Seck ; Benoit Garin…
- 关键词：HBV markers ; HBV vaccine ; African children ; Cross ; sectional survey
- 刊名：BMC Infectious Diseases
- 出版年：2015
- 出版时间：December 2015
- 年：2015
- 卷：15
- 期：1
- 全文大小：732 KB
- 刊物主题：Infectious Diseases; Parasitology; Medical Microbiology; Tropical Medicine; Internal Medicine;
- 出版者：BioMed Central
- ISSN：1471-2334
文摘
Background Hepatitis B is a major health concern in Africa. The vaccine against hepatitis B virus (HBV) was introduced into the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) of Cameroon and Senegal in 2005, and of CAR (Central African Republic) in 2008. A cross-sectional study was conducted to assess HBV immunization coverage following the vaccine’s introduction into the EPI and factors associated with having been vaccinated.