Ongoing Transmission of Hepatitis B Virus in Rural Parts of the Netherlands, 2009–2013

Loes C. Soetens; Birgit H. B. van Benthem; Anouk Urbanus; Jeroen Cremer; Kimberly S. M. Benschop; Ariene Rietveld; Erik I. van Dijk; Susan J. M. Hahné

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0117703

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Ongoing Transmission of Hepatitis B Virus in Rural Parts of the Netherlands, 2009–2013

Loes C. Soetens ,

* E-mail: loes.soetens@rivm.nl

Affiliation Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit, Centre of Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
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Birgit H. B. van Benthem,

Affiliation Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit, Centre of Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
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Anouk Urbanus,

Affiliation National Coordination Centre for Communicable Disease Control, Centre of Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
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Jeroen Cremer,

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Research, Diagnostics and Screening, Centre of Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
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Kimberly S. M. Benschop,

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Research, Diagnostics and Screening, Centre of Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
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Ariene Rietveld,

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease Control, Municipal Health Service Hart voor Brabant, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
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Erik I. van Dijk,

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease Control, Municipal Health Service Drenthe, Assen, The Netherlands
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Susan J. M. Hahné

Affiliation Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit, Centre of Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
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Ongoing Transmission of Hepatitis B Virus in Rural Parts of the Netherlands, 2009–2013

Loes C. Soetens,
Birgit H. B. van Benthem,
Anouk Urbanus,
Jeroen Cremer,
Kimberly S. M. Benschop,
Ariene Rietveld,
Erik I. van Dijk,
Susan J. M. Hahné

Published: February 23, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0117703

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