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Table 3 HBV vaccination coverage according to immunization card, maternal recall or serology: n/N (%)

From: HBV immunization and vaccine coverage among hospitalized children in Cameroon, Central African Republic and Senegal: a cross-sectional study

 

  Cameroon n = 763

  CAR n = 535

  Senegal n = 485

  Total n = 1783

  p

Immunization card (availability) 123

  177 (23)

  41 (8)

  210 (43)

  428 (24)

  <0.001

  Vaccinated123a

  176/177 (99)

  20/41 (49)

  210/210 (100)

  406/428 (95)

  <0.001

   Complete vaccinationb

  166

  13

  172

  351

 

   Partial vaccinationc

  10

  7

  38

  55

 

   Anti-HBs titer ≥10 mIU/mL

  156/176 (89)

  17/20 (85)

  128/210 (61)

  301/406 (74)

 

Maternal recall 123 d

  72/79 (91)

  80/460 (17)

  85/97 (88)

  237/636 (37)

  <0.001

   Anti-HBs titer ≥10 mIU/mL

  54/72 (75)

  47/80 (59)

  65/85 (76)

  166/237 (70)

 

Serology 123 (Anti-HBs titer ≥10 mIU/mL12 and Anti-HBc-) e

  482/712 (68)

  67/534 (13)

  206/444 (46)

  755/1690 (45)

  <0.001

Immunization card (complete vaccination) or serology f

  527/737 (72)

  68/535 (13)

  294/467 (63)

  889/1739 (51)

  <0.001

  1. a received at least one dose injection
  2. b received all three doses injections
  3. c received one or two doses injections
  4. d documented for 636 children without available immunization card
  5. e children < 12 months excluded (n = 93)
  6. f children < 12 months without available immunization card excluded (n = 44)
  7. 1: significant difference between Cameroon and CAR (p ≤ 0.05)
  8. 2: significant difference between Cameroon and Senegal (p ≤ 0.05)
  9. 3: significant difference between Senegal and CAR (p ≤ 0.05)