Evaluation of Hepatitis B Infection Prevalence in Institutionalized Intellectually Disabled Children

<h2>Background: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection causes chronic infection in human population, with high mortality. One of the high risk communities is mentally retarded children, who are institutionalized. Special conditions in these centers predispose children for HBV infection and transmis...

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Main Authors: Foad Davoodbeglou, Mehrnaz Mesdaghi, Hossein Goudarzi, Fariba Shojaei, Hourieh Aram, Maryam Vaezjalali
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences 2016-04-01
Series:Novelty in Biomedicine
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Online Access:http://journals.sbmu.ac.ir/index.php/nbm/article/view/8297