An Updated Assessment of Chronic Hepatitis B Prevalence Among Foreign-Born Persons Living in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

Although prevalence of chronic hepatitis B (CHB) in the USA includes 0.42 million (range, 0.28-0.67) U.S.-born persons, foreign-born (FB) persons contribute a substantially larger number to the burden of CHB in the USA. Over the past decade, patterns of U.S. immigration have changed and many countries have implemented HBV prevention programs. This study aims to estimate the number of FB persons with CHB in the USA by country of origin, updating our 2011 study.

Approach and results

We performed systematic searches for articles published in 2009-2019 reporting HBsAg seroprevalence in emigrants and in-country populations of 117 countries. Data meeting inclusion criteria were combined with data from our 2011 study to calculate pooled prevalence estimates for

SUBMITTER: Wong RJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8453838 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature