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Common hepatitis B virus genotypes among blood donors in Lagos, Nigeria.
The Nigerian postgraduate medical journal - 1 Jan 2000
Uche Ebele I, Chukwukaodinaka Nwakaego E, Akinbami Akinsegun A, Adeyemi Oluwatosin I, Hassan Aderonke O, Bamiro Rafah A, Ibrahim Ismaila Nda, Suleiman Aisha M, Augustine Benjamin, Anaduaka Doris Chinyelu
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Background: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is one of the public health diseases causing global health problems. It is a leading cause of cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Blood transfusion is a major route of its transmission and screening of blood is suboptimal in our environment. Occult HBV infection describes the presence of HBV DNA in blood or liver tissue in patients who are hepatitis B surface...
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