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High burden of hepatitis B infection in Northern Uganda: results of a population-based survey

BACKGROUND: Worldwide 2 billion people are exposed to hepatitis B infection, 350 million have chronic infection, 65 million in sub-Saharan Africa. Uganda is highly endemic with 10% national prevalence of hepatitis B infection, rates varying across the country from 4% in the southwest and 25% in the...

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Autores principales: Ochola, Emmanuel, Ocama, Ponsiano, Orach, Christopher G, Nankinga, Ziadah K, Kalyango, Joan N, McFarland, Willi, Karamagi, Charles
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3751632/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23919752
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-13-727