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Prevalence of Hepatitis B among food vendors in Kwadaso Municipality, Ghana

2024-04-08

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<title>Abstract</title> <p>Hepatitis B remains a national health issue in Ghana. The prevalence of Hepatitis B varies widely among communities. Hepatitis B can prevail and spread through food vending activities. However, very scanty data is available on the subject. This study, therefore, sought to examine the prevalence of the Hepatitis B virus among food vendors in Kwadaso municipality. Two hundred and fourteen...

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DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-4208299/v1

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