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A sero-epidemiological survey was conducted on Wallis Island, in the South Pacific, from July 1988 to May 1989. A random sample from the general population was examined. 672 sera were tested for HBs antigen and anti-HBc antibody. Analysis of the data showed that there was little, if any, transmission from mother to newborn; serological markers seemed to be acquired during the first years of life, before the age of 15 years. After 15 years, seropositivity rate is stabilized at 85% for one and/or the other of the two markers. The seropositivity rate is 39% for the HBs antigen alone. A protocol to vaccinate infants less than one year is proposed.
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