TABLE.
Results of programs at three selected sites funded by CDC to increase testing of foreign-born persons for hepatitis B and to link persons to medical care if they had positive hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) test results, October 2012–February 2014
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| Project sites | Tested | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | No. | (%) |
| New York, New York | 1,732 | 145 | (8.4) | 131 | (90) | 120 | (83) | 123 | (85) | 81 | (56) |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota | 1,800 | 117 | (6.5) | 111 | (95) | 111 | (95) | 106 | (91) | 106 | (91) |
| San Diego, California | 1,195 | 48 | (4.0) | 48 | (100) | 48 | (100) | 39 | (81) | 16 | (33) |
| Total | 4,727 | 310 | (6.6) | 290 | (94) | 279 | (90) | 268 | (86) | 203 | (66) |