Hepatitis B virus genotypes A and D in Uganda

Background: The prevalence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in Uganda is 10%. Hepatitis B virus genotypes impact on treatment response, rate of spontaneous recovery and progression of chronic HBV infection and hepatocellular carcinoma. There is little information on the HBV genotypic distributio...

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Main Authors: Jackie T. Zirabamuzale, Christopher K. Opio, Freddie Bwanga, Emmanuel Seremba, Betty S. Apica, Robert Colebunders, Ponsiano Ocama
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-01-01
Series:Journal of Virus Eradication
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2055664020306932