Limited Genetic Diversity of Hepatitis B Virus in the General Population of the Offin River Valley in Ghana

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infections account for approximately 780,000 deaths per year, most of which occur in the developing world. Co-infection with HBV and hepatitis delta virus (HDV) may lead to the most severe form of viral hepatitis. In Ghana, knowledge on the prevalence of HBV and HDV in the ge...

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Published in:PLoS One
Main Authors: Ampah, Kobina Assan, Pinho-Nascimento, Carlos Augusto, Kerber, Sarah, Asare, Prince, De-Graft, Daniel, Adu-Nti, Frank, Paixão, Izabel C. N. P., Niel, Christian, Yeboah-Manu, Dorothy, Pluschke, Gerd, Röltgen, Katharina
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2016
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4894622/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27271290
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0156864
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