Prevalence of hepatitis B virus in patients with diabetes mellitus: a comparative cross sectional study at Woldiya General Hospital, Ethiopia

Prevalence of hepatitis B virus in patients with diabetes mellitus: a comparative cross sectional study at Woldiya General Hospital, Ethiopia

INTRODUCTION: The overall prevalence of HBV in Ethiopia varies from 4.7-16.8% for Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) and 70-76.38% for at least one marker positive. Patients suffering from type I Diabetes Mellitus (DM) incur high risk of infection with hepatotropic viruses because of frequent hospi...

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Main Authors: Daniel Mekonnen, Solomon Gebre-Selassie2, Surafel Fantaw, Andualem Hunegnaw, Adane Mihret
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Pan African Medical Journal 2014-01-01
Series:The Pan African Medical Journal
Subjects:
prevalence
hbv
diabetes
non diabetes
association
Online Access: https://www.panafrican-med-journal.com/content/article/17/40/pdf/40.pdf

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