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Prevalence of hepatitis B virus in patients with diabetes mellitus: a comparative cross sectional study at Woldiya General Hospital, Ethiopia

INTRODUCTION: The overall prevalence of HBV in Ethiopia varies from 4.7-16.8% for Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) and 70-76.38% for at least one marker positive. Patients suffering from type I Diabetes Mellitus (DM) incur high risk of infection with hepatotropic viruses because of frequent hospi...

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Autores principales: Mekonnen, Daniel, Gebre-Selassie, Solomon, Fantaw, Surafel, Hunegnaw, Andualem, Mihret, Adane
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4048674/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24932351
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2014.17.40.2465