A Novel Collaborative Community-Based Hepatitis B Screening and Linkage to Care Program for African Immigrants
Author(s) -
Hari Shankar,
Demetri Blanas,
Kian Bichoupan,
Daouda Ndiaye,
Ellie Carmody,
Valérie MartelLaferrière,
Joan Culpepper-Morgan,
Dougles T. Dieterich,
Andrea D. Branch,
Mulusew Bekele,
Kim E. Nichols,
Ponni V. Perumalswami
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciw090
Subject(s) - medicine , interquartile range , hbsag , hepatitis b virus , odds ratio , hepatitis b , confidence interval , hepatocellular carcinoma , logistic regression , immunology , virus
Sub-Saharan African nations have among the highest rates of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection worldwide, but little is known about HBV infection in African-born persons in the United States.
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