Epidemiology of hepatitis B virus in the cities of the northern region of Espírito Santo, Brazil
ABSTRACT The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that approximately 2 billion people worldwide have already had contact with hepatitis B virus (HBV) and 373 million have become chronic carriers. Hepatitis B is a major cause of chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma, leading...
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Language: | English |
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Academia Brasileira de Ciências
2016-01-01
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Series: | Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652016005010103&lng=en&tlng=en |