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MMWR Highlights Increases in Acute Hepatitis B Virus Infections in Three States
Posted on February 03, 2016
Blog: National Association of County & City Health Officials (NACCHO)
A Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) published in January 2016 describes an emerging hepatitis B epidemic in Kentucky, Tennessee, and West Virginia. Since 2009, these Appalachian states have reported an increase in cases of acute HBV infection among non-Hispanic whites, persons aged 30–39 years, and injection drug users. Almost half of these new cases were […]