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. 2013 Mar 5;8(3):10.1371/annotation/7f73ed17-709e-4d7f-9aae-aab1f4a34985. doi: 10.1371/annotation/7f73ed17-709e-4d7f-9aae-aab1f4a34985

Correction: The Increasing Burden of Imported Chronic Hepatitis B — United States, 1974–2008

Tarissa Mitchell, Gregory L Armstrong, Dale J Hu, Annemarie Wasley, John A Painter
PMCID: PMC5769802  PMID: 29294478

There are changes to the second through fifth sentences of the fifth paragraph of the Discussion section. The section should be:

Immigrants are required to receive ACIP-recommended vaccines during the exam; therefore, immigrating children receive hepatitis B vaccine [21]. The ACIP currently recommends screening prior to vaccination for all persons born in high-endemicity countries.* The ACIP also recommends hepatitis B vaccine for certain groups of at-risk adults*, but makes no specific recommendation for vaccination of adult immigrants from intermediate- or high-endemicity countries.

*[CDC. A comprehensive immunization strategy to eliminate transmission of hepatitis B virus infection in the United States: recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). Part 2: immunization of adults. MMWR 2006;55(No. RR-16), p. 27-28].

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