EurekAlert!: Between 2.4 and 4.1 million people estimated to be living with chronic hepatitis B infection in Europe

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EurekAlert! news release

Chronic hepatitis B is substantially prevalent across the European Union and European Economic Area (EU/EEA), affecting an estimated 0.7% of the population in the region in 2022, according to a new study published in Eurosurveillance. While this overall burden represents a decrease from the 2005 to 2015 estimate of 1%, infection rates vary significantly across countries, with the highest estimates found in countries in southern and eastern Europe, and the lowest in northern and western countries.

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Source : EurekAlert!

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