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HBsAg Prevalence. 2-7%. <2%. ≥ 8%. Prevalence of CHB and Immigration by Continent 1997-2006. Europe ≈ 1.4 million. Asia ≈ 3.0 million. Africa ≈ 601,000. South America ≈ 706,000. Adapted from CDC. Epidemiology and prevention of viral hepatitis A to E: hepatitis B. Available at:
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HBsAg Prevalence 2-7% <2% ≥8% Prevalence of CHB and Immigration by Continent 1997-2006 Europe ≈1.4 million Asia ≈3.0 million Africa ≈601,000 South America ≈706,000 Adapted from CDC. Epidemiology and prevention of viral hepatitis A to E: hepatitis B. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/hepatitis/slideset/hep_b/slide_9.htm. Accessed February 12, 2008. US Department of Homeland Security.2006 Yearbook of Immigration Statistics.Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/Ncidod/diseases/hepatitis/slideset/index.htm#101. Accessed March 7, 2008. Mahoney FJ. Clin Microbiol Rev. 1999;12:351-366.
Geographic Regions with Hep B Prevalence 2%+ Africa – All Countries Asia – All Countries Australia & South Pacific – All except Australia & New Zealand Caribbean – Antigua-Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Kitts-Nevis, St. Lucia, and Turks & Caicos Islands Eastern Europe – All except Hungary Mexico & Central America – Guatemala & Honduras Middle East – All except Cyprus & Israel North America – Alaska Natives and Indigenous of Northern Canada South America – Ecuador, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela, Amazonian areas of Bolivia, Brazil, Columbia and Peru Western Europe – Malta, Spain, & Indigenous in Greenland From 9/18/08 CDC Press Release