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Genotypes of hepatitis B virus among children in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
The Southeast Asian journal of tropical medicine and public health - 1 May 2008
Jutavijittum Prapan, Yousukh Amnat, Jiviriyawat Yupa, Kunachiwa Warunee, Toriyama Kan
Abstract excerpt
In sub-Saharan Africa, the Pacific, and particularly Asia, hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is highly endemic, the most common route of transmission is perinatal. To minimize the number of horizontal transmissions, we determined the prevalence of HBV genotypes among children in northern Thailand...
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