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Epidemiology screening and genotyping analysis for Hepatitis B virus in Southwestern region of Saudi Arabia.
Journal of infection and public health - 1 Feb 2021
Alshabi Alkhansa, Fatima Nuzhath, Marwan Amany, Oraibi Khadejh G, Qubaisi Ebtihal A, Arif Hanan O, Daghriri Elham M, Zelai Noran A, Ali Khan Imran
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a global human pathogen that can cause life-threatening liver disease including persistent hepatitis, cirrhosis of the liver and hepatocellular cancer. The aim of this present study was to investigate the infection of HBV epidemiology and also examine the HBsAg genotype distribution in the southwestern region of Jizan city in the Saudi Arabia. Since 2015-2018, epidemiological study has...
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