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. 2018 Jan 11;18:34. doi: 10.1186/s12879-017-2921-8

Table 3.

The ten migrant groups (from HBsAg endemic countries) with the highest estimated number of CHB cases (rounded) and the main host EU/EEA countries

Migrant country of origin Total migrant population in Europe HBsAg prevalence Cumulative number of CHB cases Host countries (first 6 with largest populations)a
Romania 2,817,458 5.5 154,679 Italy, Spain, Germany, Hungary, UK, Austria
China 1,012,550 10.2 103,585 UK, Italy, Spain, France, Germany, Netherlands
Turkey 2,266,977 4.3 97,255 Germany, France, Netherlands, Austria, Belgium, UK
Albania 804,570 9.0 72,412 Italy, Greece, Belgium, Austria, Bulgaria
Russia 1,810,197 2.9 52,315 Germany, Latvia, Estonia, Italy, Spain, Lithuania
Vietnam 365,048 12.5 45,557 France, Germany, Czech Republic, UK, Sweden, Norway
Nigeria 336,155 13.3 44,741 UK, Italy, Spain, Ireland, Netherlands, Austria
Kazakhstan 828,526 5.0 41,013 Germany, Latvia, Czech Republic, Poland, Lithuania, Estonia
Algeria 1,482,465 2.6 38,544 France, Spain, Belgium, Italy, Ireland
India 1,120,352 3.2 36.188 UK, Italy, Germany, France, Spain, Ireland
Total 686,289b

aif migrant population is at least 1000

bThe sum of CHB cases among the ten migrant groups with the largest number of CHB cases (686,289) corresponds to 48% of the total number of CHB cases among migrants from endemic countries (1,427,174)