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Chronic hepatitis B infection in sub-Saharan Africa: a grave challenge and a great hope

Author(s) -

Alexander Stockdale,

Anna María Geretti

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

transactions of the royal society of tropical medicine and hygiene

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1878-3503

pISSN - 0035-9203

DOI - 10.1093/trstmh/trv044

Subject(s) - hbsag , hepatitis b virus , hepatitis b , medicine , public health , population , chronic hepatitis , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , immunology , virology , environmental health , virus , pathology

In sub-Saharan Africa, chronic infection with the hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a profoundly important public health issue characterised by high prevalence, frequent co-infection with HIV, and suboptimally applied ascertainment and management strategies. Prevalence of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) in the general population varies geographically, with the highest rates (.8%)

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