SERO-PREVALENCE AND IDENTIFICATION OF CIRCULATING GENOTYPES OF HEPATITIS B VIRUS AMONGST PATIENTS ATTENDING SOME HOSPITALS IN NIGER STATE
ABSTRACT Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection remains a major public health problem globally and accounts for about one million deaths worldwide in spite of the use of available vaccine and medications for mitigation of the disease. This study determined the seroprevalence, distribution of HBV infection, factors associated with the infection, and the genotypic patterns amongst patients attending selected hospitals in Niger State, Nigeria.  A total of 500 blood samples were ...
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