Table 4.
Vaccination status among prisoners in Stockholm County
| HBV vaccination status among all (n = 667) prisoners | |
|---|---|
| N (%) of prisoners | |
| Full HBV vaccination =3 doses of vaccine in prison or positive seromarkers for vaccination (anti-HBs positive + anti-HBc negative+ HBsAg negative) | 271 (40.6) |
| Exposed to HBV = anti-HBc positivea | 65 (9.7) |
| Susceptible to HBV = not received 3 doses of vaccine in prison combined with negative anti-HBs and negative anti-HBcb | 124 (18.6) |
| Potentially susceptible to HBV = not received 3 doses in prison and not testedb | 207 (31.0) |
aincluding persons with active infection (HBsAg positive, n = 9) and persons immune due to previous infection (anti-HBc positive + HBsAg negative, n = 56)
b48 persons classified as susceptible or potentially susceptible had been vaccinated with 1–2 doses in prison
Abbreviations: HBV Hepatitis B virus, anti-HBc Hepatitis B core antibody, anti-HBs Hepatitis B surface antibody