Abstract:Objective: To investigate the prevalence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and to diagnose an occult HBV infection in healthy Thai subjects after implementation of the expanded program on immunization (EPI) in newborns.Material and Method: The detection of HBsAg, anti-HBs and anti-HBc was done from serum samples of 5,886 healthy first year students from Huachiew Chalermprakiet University collected between 2009-2011 by immunochro-matography rapid assay (Alcon, USA). In case of only anti-HBc positive, the res… Show more
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