Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Tanzania: Current Status and Challenges

Hepatitis B is one of the most common infectious diseases in the world with high prevalence in most of sub-Saharan Africa countries. The complexity in its diagnosis and treatment poses a significant management challenge in the resource-limited settings including Tanzania, where most of the tests and...

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Autores principales: Kilonzo, Semvua B., Gunda, Daniel W., Mpondo, Bonaventura C. T., Bakshi, Fatma A., Jaka, Hyasinta
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2018
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5831599/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29666656
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/4239646
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author Kilonzo, Semvua B.
Gunda, Daniel W.
Mpondo, Bonaventura C. T.
Bakshi, Fatma A.
Jaka, Hyasinta
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description Hepatitis B is one of the most common infectious diseases in the world with high prevalence in most of sub-Saharan Africa countries. The complexity in its diagnosis and treatment poses a significant management challenge in the resource-limited settings including Tanzania, where most of the tests and drugs are either unavailable or unaffordable. This mini review aims at demonstrating the current status of the disease in the country and discussing the concomitant challenges in diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.
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spelling pubmed-58315992018-04-17 Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Tanzania: Current Status and Challenges Kilonzo, Semvua B. Gunda, Daniel W. Mpondo, Bonaventura C. T. Bakshi, Fatma A. Jaka, Hyasinta J Trop Med Review Article Hepatitis B is one of the most common infectious diseases in the world with high prevalence in most of sub-Saharan Africa countries. The complexity in its diagnosis and treatment poses a significant management challenge in the resource-limited settings including Tanzania, where most of the tests and drugs are either unavailable or unaffordable. This mini review aims at demonstrating the current status of the disease in the country and discussing the concomitant challenges in diagnosis, treatment, and prevention. Hindawi 2018-01-30 /pmc/articles/PMC5831599/ /pubmed/29666656 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/4239646 Text en Copyright © 2018 Semvua B. Kilonzo et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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