<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Theeten, H</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Veronik Hutse</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hoppenbrouwers, K</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Beutels, P</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Van Damme, P</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Universal hepatitis B vaccination in Belgium: impact on serological markers 3 and 7 years after implementation.</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Epidemiol Infect</style></secondary-title><alt-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Epidemiol. Infect.</style></alt-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">ADOLESCENT</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Belgium</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Child</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Child, Preschool</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Female</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hepatitis B</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hepatitis B Antibodies</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hepatitis B Vaccines</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hepatitis B virus</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Humans</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Immunization Schedule</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Infant</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Male</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mass Vaccination</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Seroepidemiologic Studies</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Young adult</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2014</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2014 Feb</style></date></pub-dates></dates><number><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">261</style></number><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">142</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">251-61</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;Hepatitis B virus (HBV) can be eliminated by effective universal vaccination. In Belgium, a free-of-charge HBV vaccination programme in infants with catch-up in adolescents was introduced in 1999. To evaluate the effects in &amp;lt;20-year-olds, seroprotection (anti-HBs &amp;gt;11 mIU/ml, according to the assay) and markers of infection (anti-HBc, HBsAg) were assessed in 2443 residual sera collected 7-8 years after implementation of the programme. The maximal prevalence of a solely anti-HBs seroprotective (&amp;#39;vaccinated&amp;#39;) serostatus was 82&amp;middot;9% at age 1 year and 60&amp;middot;5% at age 13 years. A clear increase was found in age cohorts targeted by the campaign after a similar serosurvey conducted 4 years earlier. The prevalence of HBV infection remained unchanged at a low level (1&amp;middot;8% in 2006) similar to pre-vaccination data (1993-1994). We conclude that universal HBV vaccination has achieved overall high levels of vaccine-induced immunity, despite regional variations, which may give rise to pockets of susceptible young adults in the future.&lt;/p&gt;
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