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Prevalence, risk factors, and molecular epidemiology of hepatitis B and hepatitis delta virus in pregnant women and in patients in Mauritania.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Aug 2012
Mansour Wael, Malick F-Zahra Fall, Sidiya Ahmad, Ishagh Elkhalil, Chekaraou Mariama Abdou, Veillon Pascal, Ducancelle Alexandra, Brichler Ségolène, Le Gal Frédéric, Lo Baidy, Gordien Emmanuel, Lunel-Fabiani Françoise
Abstract excerpt
No recent data are available on hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis Delta virus (HDV) prevalence in Mauritania. One thousand twenty pregnant women and 946 patients visiting for routine checkups were screened for HBV and HDV infection. Demographic, epidemiological, ethnic, clinical, and biological data were recorded. HBV and HDV genotypes were determined by sequencing and phylogenetic analyses. In the pregnant...
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