Hepatitis B - Annual Epidemiological Report for 2020

Surveillance report

28 Jul 2022

Publication series: Annual Epidemiological Report on Communicable Diseases in Europe

For 2020, 29 EU/EEA Member States reported 14 428 cases of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. Excluding the five countries that only reported acute cases, the number of cases (14 137) corresponds to a crude rate of 4.2 cases per 100 000 population.

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