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Prevalence of viral hepatitis B and C in Sierra Leone—current knowledge and knowledge gaps: a narrative review

There are no comprehensive data on viral hepatitis from Sierra Leone; however, a huge disease burden has been observed in different subpopulations. This review summarizes available data on hepatitis B and C virus (HBV and HCV) prevalence in Sierra Leone and identifies knowledge gaps. Despite the non...

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Autores principales:	Lakoh, Sulaiman, García-Tardón, Noemí, Adekanmbi, Olukemi, van der Valk, Marc, Smith, Samuel J, Grobusch, Martin P
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Oxford University Press 2021
Materias:	Review
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8486739/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33772308 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trab054

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