Influence of universal HBV vaccination on chronic HBV infection in Italy: Results of a cross-sectional multicenter study.
Evangelista SagnelliTommaso StroffoliniCaterina SagnelliFilomena MoriscoNicola CoppolaAntonina SmedileMariantonietta PisaturoGuido ColloredoSergio BabudieriAnna LicataGiuseppina BrancaccioAngelo AndriulliPiero L AlmasioGiovani B Gaetanull nullPublished in: Journal of medical virology (2017)
Twenty-three years after the introduction universal HBV vaccination in Italy, the clinical presentation of CLD had shown a shift toward older ages and more severe diseases.