Hepatitis B seroprevalence in the U.S. military and its impact on potential screening strategies.

CONCLUSIONS: Screening for HBV infection at service entry would potentially reduce chronic HBV infection in the force, decrease the threat of transfusion-transmitted HBV infection in the battlefield blood supply, and lead to earlier diagnosis and linkage to care; however, applicant screening is not cost saving. Service-related incident infections indicate a durable threat, the need for improved laboratory-based surveillance tools, and mandate review of immunization policy and practice. PMID: 32648931 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Military Medicine - July 11, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Mil Med Source Type: research