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ia ffe cations [1,2]. Chronic hepatitis infection causes 80 % of casians [5,6]. Asians in general and Chinese in particular Ma et al. BMC Infectious Diseases (2015) 15:120 DOI 10.1186/s12879-015-0854-7tion throughout their life. This early infection accountsPA 19122, USA Full list of author information is available at the end of the articleall primary liver cancers with a low 5-year survival rate of only 10%. HBV remains the third most common cause of cancer death among Asians [2]. Approximately 10 % of US Asians are infected with HBV, and the earlier are at greater absolute risk of HBV-related chronic dis-eases and death because the lifetime prevalence rate is higher among Asians already infected [1]. While HBV is spread through contact with blood, unprotected sex, shared needles, and from an infected mother to her newborn baby during delivery, Chinese are most likely to be infected as a newborn and may have HBV infec