Hepatitis B Virus Infection among Japanese Immigrants and Descendants: The Need to Strengthen Preventive and Control Measures

Hepatitis B Virus Infection among Japanese Immigrants and Descendants: The Need to Strengthen Preventive and Control Measures

This cross-sectional study aimed to investigate the prevalence and risk factors of Hepatitis B virus infection among Japanese immigrants and their descendants from São Paulo (SP), and to verify the occurrence of occult hepatitis B and coinfection with HCV, Delta, and HTLV. All samples (<i>n<...

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Main Authors: Luiz Henrique Ferraz Demarchi, Larissa Melo Bandeira, Deborah Ledesma Taira, Marina Castilhos Souza Umaki Zardin, Mary Luizia Ibanhes, Ana Olivia Pascoto Esposito, Larissa Domingues Castilho De Arruda, Crhistinne Cavalheiro Maymone Gonçalves, Sabrina Moreira dos Santos Weis-Torres, Gabriela Alves Cesar, Rivaldo Venâncio Da Cunha, Tayana Serpa Ortiz Tanaka, Marco Antonio Moreira Puga, Grazielli Rocha De Rezende, Roberta Barbosa Lopes, Silvia Naomi de Oliveira Uehara, João Renato Rebello Pinho, Flair Jose Carrilho, Michele Soares Gomes-Gouvêa, Ana Rita Coimbra Motta-Castro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-05-01
Series:Viruses
Subjects:
Hepatitis B
epidemiology
seroprevalence
genotype
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/14/5/1085

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