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Table 3 The ten migrant groups (from HBsAg endemic countries) with the highest estimated number of CHB cases (rounded) and the main host EU/EEA countries

From: Estimating the scale of chronic hepatitis B virus infection among migrants in EU/EEA countries

Migrant country of origin

Total migrant population in Europe

HBsAg prevalence

Cumulative number of CHB cases

Host countries (first 6 with largest populations)a

Romania

2,817,458

5.5

154,679

Italy, Spain, Germany, Hungary, UK, Austria

China

1,012,550

10.2

103,585

UK, Italy, Spain, France, Germany, Netherlands

Turkey

2,266,977

4.3

97,255

Germany, France, Netherlands, Austria, Belgium, UK

Albania

804,570

9.0

72,412

Italy, Greece, Belgium, Austria, Bulgaria

Russia

1,810,197

2.9

52,315

Germany, Latvia, Estonia, Italy, Spain, Lithuania

Vietnam

365,048

12.5

45,557

France, Germany, Czech Republic, UK, Sweden, Norway

Nigeria

336,155

13.3

44,741

UK, Italy, Spain, Ireland, Netherlands, Austria

Kazakhstan

828,526

5.0

41,013

Germany, Latvia, Czech Republic, Poland, Lithuania, Estonia

Algeria

1,482,465

2.6

38,544

France, Spain, Belgium, Italy, Ireland

India

1,120,352

3.2

36.188

UK, Italy, Germany, France, Spain, Ireland

Total

  

686,289b

 
  1. aif migrant population is at least 1000
  2. bThe sum of CHB cases among the ten migrant groups with the largest number of CHB cases (686,289) corresponds to 48% of the total number of CHB cases among migrants from endemic countries (1,427,174)