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Chronic hepatitis B virus infection: epidemiology, prevention, and treatment in China.
Frontiers of medicine - 1 Jun 2014
Yu Rui, Fan Rong, Hou Jinlin
Abstract excerpt
Chronic hepatitis B is a major health problem in China. The universal vaccination program since 1992 has changed the epidemiology of hepatitis B virus infection in China from highly to moderately endemic. The most prevalent hepatitis B virus strains in China are genotypes B and C, whereas those in western provinces are genotypes D and C/D hybrid. Chronic hepatitis B poses a heavy burden to the society in China....
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