Abstract
Background Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection can associate a high risk of progression to chronic hepatitis, particularly when infection occurs at younger ages. For this particular reason, newborn vaccination has been introduced in national immunization schedules in countries where the infection has a medium to high prevalence. We assessed the vaccination status of students in their final year of medical university training during 20112013. This category is at risk of professional exposure to HBV and given the timeline of introduction of HBV vaccination in Romania, they probably have not been vaccinated at birth, but rather during middle or high school education.
Highlights
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection can associate a high risk of progression to chronic hepatitis, when infection occurs at younger ages
We assessed the vaccination status of students in their final year of medical university training during 20112013. This category is at risk of professional exposure to HBV and given the timeline of introduction of HBV vaccination in Romania, they probably have not been vaccinated at birth, but rather during middle or high school education
40 were aware of their vaccination status for HBV but only 10 were able to mention the exact date of the first vaccination and 13 were able to mention their last booster shot
Summary
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection can associate a high risk of progression to chronic hepatitis, when infection occurs at younger ages. For this particular reason, newborn vaccination has been introduced in national immunization schedules in countries where the infection has a medium to high prevalence. We assessed the vaccination status of students in their final year of medical university training during 20112013. This category is at risk of professional exposure to HBV and given the timeline of introduction of HBV vaccination in Romania, they probably have not been vaccinated at birth, but rather during middle or high school education
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