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The prevalence of HBsAg, knowledge and practice of hepatitis B prevention among pregnant women in the Limbe and Muyuka Health Districts of the South West region of Cameroon: a three-year retrospective study

INTRODUCTION: hepatitis B infection is caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV). HBV is transmitted through sexual intercourse, by exchange of saliva during kissing and also to newborns of infected mothers. In the Global Burden of Diseases 2010, 786,000 deaths were attributed to HBV. Studies in Cameroo...

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Autores principales: Eyong, Esum Mathias, Yankam, Brenda Mbouamba, Seraphine, Esemu, Ngwa, Che Henry, Nkfusai, Ngwayu Claude, Anye, Cho Sebastine, Nfor, Gilbert Karngong, Cumber, Samuel Nambile
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6607245/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31312290
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2019.32.122.16055