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Epidemic History and Evolutionary Dynamics of Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Two Remote Communities in Rural Nigeria

BACKGROUND: In Nigeria, hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection has reached hyperendemic levels and its nature and origin have been described as a puzzle. In this study, we investigated the molecular epidemiology and epidemic history of HBV infection in two semi-isolated rural communities in North/Central...

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Autores principales: Forbi, Joseph C., Vaughan, Gilberto, Purdy, Michael A., Campo, David S., Xia, Guo-liang, Ganova-Raeva, Lilia M., Ramachandran, Sumathi, Thai, Hong, Khudyakov, Yury E.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2906510/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20657838
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0011615