HEPATITIS B VACCINE - HEPATITIS B VACCINATION - HEPATITIS B IMMUNIZATION -HEPATITIS B VACCINES - ADULT IMMUNIZATIONS

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FOR HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS
Hepatitis B
Why you should vaccinate adults against hepatitis B
  • Hepatitis B can lead to cirrhosis, liver cancer and death.

  • Hepatitis B is incurable. A safe, highly effective vaccine has been available since the 1980s. A three-shot series will protect your patients and contribute to the elimination of this highly infectious disease.

  • Up to 1.4 million Americans have chronic HBV infection.

  • Hepatitis B is 50 to 100 times more infectious than HIV.
 
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