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Hepatitis B and C: prevalence and risk factors associated with seropositivity among children in Karachi, Pakistan

BACKGROUND: Infections with hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) can lead to chronic liver disease and hepato-cellular carcinoma (HCC). This cross-sectional study estimated the prevalence and identified risk factors associated with Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) and HCV antibody...

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Autores principales:	Jafri, Wasim, Jafri, Nadim, Yakoob, Javed, Islam, Muhammad, Tirmizi, Syed Farhan Ali, Jafar, Tazeen, Akhtar, Saeed, Hamid, Saeed, Shah, Hasnain Ali, Nizami, Sheikh Qamaruddin
Formato:	Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2006
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1539007/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16792819 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-6-101

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