Assessment of Immunization Rate of Hepatitis B Vaccination among Health Care Personnel in Tehran
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Hepatitis B infection is one of the major health problems throughout the world with the annual infection rate of 350 million cases.(1), According to the WHO data, 75% of this rate is related to the Asian countries.(2), The prevalence of this infection varies among different countries from 10-20% for the Far East (including China and Hong Kong)(3) to 3-5% for the middle-east countries (including Iran).(4, 5), According to the WHO statistics, the mortality rate of this infection Corresponding author: Digestive Disease Research Center, Shariati Hospital, Kargar-e-Shomali Ave., Tehran 14114, Iran. Telefax: +98 21 88012992 E-mail: [email protected] ABSTRACT
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