Lower than expected hepatitis B virus infection prevalence among first generation Koreans in the U.S.: results of HBV screening in the Southern California Inland Empire

BACKGROUND: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is prevalent in Asian immigrants in the USA. California’s Inland Empire region has a population of approximately four million, including an estimated 19,000 first generation Koreans. Our aim was to screen these adult individuals to establish HBV serologi...

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Autores principales: Navarro, Natali, Lim, Nelson, Kim, Jiah, Joo, Elliot, Che, Kendrick, Runyon, Bruce Allen, Mendler, Michel Henry
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4036725/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24884673
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-14-269

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