hepatitis B

Demographic characteristics and injection drug use behavior for 3,305 reported cases of acute hepatitis B virus infection, by reporting period--Kentucky, Tennessee, and West Virginia, 2006-2013 Reporting period 2006-2009 2010-2013 (n = 1,243) (n = 2,062) Characteristic * No.

Acute hepatitis B is diagnosed by detection of IgM antibodies to the hepatitis B core antigen (IgM anti-HBc).

During 1996-1998, approximately half of persons with reported acute hepatitis B previously had been treated for a sexually transmitted disease (STD) or incarcerated: 89% of injection drug users, 35% of men who have sex with men, and 70% of persons with multiple sex partners with reported acute hepatitis B had been previously incarcerated or treated for an STD.

Incidence and risk factors for acute hepatitis B in the United States, 1982-1998: implications for vaccination programs.

Half the patients with acute hepatitis B and hepatitis C are 11 to 30 years of age (11).

ATLANTA -- The incidence of acute hepatitis B has dropped dramatically in the United States in the last decade, Dr.

Since the 1991 adoption of a comprehensive strategy to eliminate hepatitis B virus (HBV) transmission in the United States (1), the incidence of acute hepatitis B cases has declined steadily.

Clinical manifestations of acute hepatitis B can be severe, and serious complications (i.

On March 31, 2000, acute hepatitis B was confirmed serologically in a 34-year-old man (index patient) who had been incarcerated for 2.