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The prevalence of hepatitis B virus infection in Nigerian children prior to vaccine introduction into the National Programme on Immunization schedule

INTRODUCTION: Hepatitis B virus infection is a major global health problem of public health importance. In a bid to control the infection, the Nigerian government in 2004 introduced hepatitis B vaccine into the National Program on Immunization. There are no studies on the prevalence of hepatitis B i...

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Autores principales: Ikobah, Joanah, Okpara, Henry, Elemi, Iwasam, Ogarepe, Yeonun, Udoh, Ekong, Ekanem, Emmanuel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4885699/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27279955
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2016.23.128.8756