HBV epidemiology and genetic diversity in an area of high prevalence of hepatitis B in southern Brazil
ABSTRACT Background Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a major public health problem in Brazil. HBV endemicity is usually moderate to low according to geographic regions, and high prevalence of this virus has been reported in people of some specific Brazilian counties, including those with a stro...
Main Authors: | Juliana de Paoli, André Castagna Wortmann, Mirelli Gabardo Klein, Vagner Reinaldo Zingalli Bueno Pereira, Adriana Maria Cirolini, Bibiane Armiliato de Godoy, Nelson Jurandi Rosa Fagundes, Jonas Michel Wolf, Vagner Ricardo Lunge, Daniel Simon |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
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Series: | Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702018000400294&lng=en&tlng=en |
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