Characteristics of Persons With Chronic Hepatitis B—San Francisco, California, 2006

To characterize people with reported chronic HBV infection in San Francisco in 2006, the San Francisco Department of Health collected additional data on a subset of 567 cases reported to the SFDPH chronic hepatitis B registry. Eight-four percent of the people were Asians/Pacific Islanders, 80% of wh...

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Published in:JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association 2007-07, Vol.298 (2), p.167-168
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Asian people
Chronic illnesses
Hepatitis
Infectious diseases
Public health
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Summary:To characterize people with reported chronic HBV infection in San Francisco in 2006, the San Francisco Department of Health collected additional data on a subset of 567 cases reported to the SFDPH chronic hepatitis B registry. Eight-four percent of the people were Asians/Pacific Islanders, 80% of whom were foreign born.
ISSN:0098-7484
1538-3598
DOI:10.1001/jama.298.2.167