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Table 6.

HBsAg carriers before and after initiate universal vaccination in high HBV prevalence countries

High HBV prevalence countries	HBsAg carriers before and after initiate universal vaccination % (year)		References
High HBV prevalence countries	Before	After	References
Taiwan (children aged <15)	9.8 (1984)	4.0 (1994)	57
Gambia	10.0 (1986)	0.6 (1999)	58
Malaysia (children aged 7–12)	1.6 (1997)	0.3 (2003)	59
People’s Republic of China (newborn)	2.1 (1992)	9.4 (2006)	60

Abbreviations: HBsAg, hepatitis B surface antigen; HBV, hepatitis B virus.