Evaluating the hepatitis B vaccination impact in the Republic of Moldova: A nationwide representative serosurvey of children born in 2013

• DOI: 10.1016/j.ijregi.2023.11.003
• Publication Date: 2023-11-08T12:59:25Z
• Authors: Michael Brandl; Alexei Ceban; Octavian Sajin; Victoria Bucov; Alina Cataraga; Silvia Stratulat; Nicolae Furtuna; Veaceslav Gutu; Stela Gheorghita; Martyna Gassowski; Liudmila Mosina; Antons Mozalevskis; Sandra Dudareva; Siddhartha Sankar...
• Keywords: Hepatitis B; Seroprevalence

The WHO European Region set targets for the control of hepatitis B through immunization, including prevalence surface antigen (HBsAg) at ≤0.5% in vaccinated cohorts. Republic Moldova implemented universal vaccination since 1995. We conducted a nationwide representative serosurvey to estimate HBsAg seroprevalence children born 2013 validate targets.