Hepatitis B viral load and risk for liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma in The Gambia, West Africa.

Hepatitis B viral load and risk for liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma in The Gambia, West Africa.

The main objectives of this study were to define the occurrence and levels of hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA in asymptomatic HBV carriers, cirrhosis patients and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cases from The Gambia, and to evaluate the risk for cirrhosis or HCC associated with HBV viremia. We used sens...

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Main Authors: Mendy, M, Welzel, T, Lesi, O, Hainaut, P, Hall, A, Kuniholm, M, McConkey, S, Goedert, J, Kaye, S, Rowland-Jones, S, Whittle, H, Kirk, G
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2010

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