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Review
. 2009 Jan 20;180(2):196-202.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.081112.

Hepatitis B immunization strategies: timing is everything

Christopher O Mackie  1 , Jane A Buxton, Sayali Tadwalkar, David M Patrick
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Review

Hepatitis B immunization strategies: timing is everything

Christopher O Mackie et al. CMAJ. .
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Figure 1: Reported incidence of acute hepatitis B infections among people of all ages in Canada, 1992–2007. Data were compiled from the 2007 annual report of the BC Centre for Disease Control34 and the 2005 release of the Canadian Notifiable Diseases reporting system.35 *There was a change in the electronic surveillance system in British Columbia in 1993 that resulted in some underreporting that year.32
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Figure 2: Reported incidence of acute hepatitis B infections among infants in Canada, 1992–2007. Data were compiled from the 2007 annual report of the BC Centre for Disease Control,34 the 2005 release of the Canadian Notifiable Diseases reporting system,35 the British Columbia Integrated Public Health Information System (iPHIS), and the Rapport sur l'ensemble des maladies des dix dernières années, Province du Quebec.36 *Rates for this period in British Columbia and Quebec are based on complete data from 2004–2007, while rates in Ontario and Canada are based on 2004 data. Note: Infant infections tend to be asymptomatic, and are thus underreported. Data are presented here in 4-year intervals because of the instability of small numbers.
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