Journal Pre-proof High level of exposure to hepatitis B virus infection in a vulnerable population of a low endemic area: a challenge for vaccination coverage Sabrina Moreira dos Santos Weis-Torres, Sonia Maria Fernandes Fitts, Wesley M´ arcio Cardoso, Minoru German Higa Junior, L´ ıvia Alves Lima, Larissa Melo Bandeira, Vivianne Oliveira Landgraf Castro, F´ atima Aparecida Carneiro, Luciana Maria Marangoni Iglecias, Gabriela Alves Cesar, Tayana Serpa Ortiz Tanaka, Marco Antonio Moreira Puga, Grazielli Rocha de Rezende, Julio Croda, B´ arbara Vieira do Lago, Ana Rita Coimbra Motta-Castro PII: S1201-9712(19)30392-3 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2019.09.029 Reference: IJID 3775 To appear in: International Journal of Infectious Diseases Received Date: 23 August 2019 Revised Date: 26 September 2019 Accepted Date: 30 September 2019 Please cite this article as: Weis-Torres SMdS, Fitts SMF, Cardoso WM, Higa Junior MG, Lima LA, Bandeira LM, Castro VOL, Carneiro FA, Iglecias LMM, Cesar GA, Tanaka TSO, Puga MAM, de Rezende GR, Croda J, do Lago BV, Motta-Castro ARC, High level of exposure to hepatitis B virus infection in a vulnerable population of a low endemic area: a challenge for vaccination coverage, International Journal of Infectious Diseases (2019), doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2019.09.029