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Prevalence of hepatitis B, C, and delta virus infections among children in Mongolia: progress in childhood immunization.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Aug 2007
Tsatsralt-Od Bira, Takahashi Masaharu, Endo Kazunori, Agiimaa Dondog, Buyankhuu Osorjin, Ninomiya Masashi, Lorenzo Felipe R, Okamoto Hiroaki
Abstract excerpt
Mongolia is highly endemic for hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), and hepatitis delta virus (HDV) infections among apparently healthy adults. However, the age-specific prevalence of ongoing HBV, HCV, and HDV infections among children in Mongolia remains unknown. Therefore, samples obtained from a total of 655 apparently healthy children of 0.3-15 years of age (307 boys and 348 girls; age, mean +/-...
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