Prevalence of hepatitis B and D virus infection in a district of Mato Grosso, bordering Amazonas and Rondônia states

Abstract INTRODUCTION: Brazil’s western Amazon basin has the highest prevalence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in the country. Coinfection with hepatitis D virus (HDV) is also endemic. To estimate the prevalence of HBV and HDV markers in a population inhabiting the northwest portion of Mato Gr...

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Published in:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Main Authors: Paulo Antonio Ferreira-Junior, Elaine Cristina de-Oliveira, Thamires Oliveira Gasquez Martin, Eduardo Rodrigues Alves-Junior, Lucas José da Silva, Francisco Campello do Amaral Mello, Cor Jesus Fernandes Fontes, Francisco José Dutra Souto
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2020
Subjects:
hepatitis B
Prevalence
Hepatitis D
Amazon
Survey
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Arctic
Eia
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0559-2019
https://doaj.org/article/3df6e1595fd54c1ba785983eb72b96f8

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