Serotypes and Genotypes of the Hepatitis B Virus in Latin America
Rosa María Ribas-Aparicio, Hilda-Alicia Valdez-Salazar, Gerardo Aparicio-Ozores & Martha-Eugenia Ruiz-Tachiquín · Annual Research & Review in Biology · 2014
The World Health Organization has estimated that 2 billion persons are infected with the hepatitis B virus (HBV) with 360 million persons chronically affected. Worldwide, HBV is the causal agent of cirrhosis (30%) and hepatocellular carcinoma (50%). Methods of transmission for HB...
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10.9734/ARRB/2014/7901