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Risk factors associated with hepatitis B exposure and the reliability of five rapid kits commonly used for screening blood donors in Ghana

BACKGROUND: Hepatitis B virus infection (HBV) is one of the most widespread, chronic viral infections in sub-Saharan Africa, and parts of South America. Therefore, efforts are being made to implement strategies aimed at reducing the incidence of hepatitis B viral infections. One route of HBV transmi...

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Autores principales:	Mutocheluh, Mohamed, Owusu, Michael, Kwofie, Theophilus B, Akadigo, Tahiru, Appau, Emmanuel, Narkwa, Patrick W
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2014
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4295511/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25475050 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-7-873

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