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. 2019 Aug 26;71(3):586–592. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciz841

Table 1.

Acute Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Women of Childbearing Age, 2011–2017

Test Year All Women Birth-dose Cohort Adolescent-dose Cohort Partial-vaccination Cohort
Sample Size Number of Positive Tests % Sample Size Number of Positive Tests % Sample Size Number of Positive Tests % Sample Size Number of Positive Tests %
2011 329 092 90 0.03 26 574 0 0.00 151 432 29 0.02 151 086 61 0.04
2012 325 848 110 0.03 35 104 3 0.01 154 746 34 0.02 135 998 73 0.05
2013 312 249 88 0.03 41 714 6 0.01 151 135 23 0.02 119 400 59 0.05
2014 343 140 107 0.03 55 620 2 0.00 168 063 44 0.03 119 457 61 0.05
2015 368 195 94 0.03 71 774 4 0.01 182 378 41 0.02 114 043 49 0.04
2016 419 506 140 0.03 97 163 11 0.01 206 705 58 0.03 115 638 71 0.06
2017 436 569 154 0.04 117 285 10 0.01 212 828 66 0.03 106 456 78 0.07
Total 2 534 599 783 0.03 445 234 36 0.01 1 227 287 295 0.02 862 078 452 0.05

Acute infection was defined as a hepatitis B surface antigen and, concurrently, either a hepatitis B core immunoglobin M antibody or a serum alanine aminotransferase ≥250 U/L.