## Abstract Central Africa is considered to be an area of high endemic hepatitis C infection. To determine the prevalence of anti‐HCV antibodies, HCV RNA, and the genotype distribution in Cameroon, 1,494 pregnant women attending antenatal care units in Yaounde, Cameroon were screened for HCV infect
Seroprevalence of hepatitis and HTV infection among rural pregnant women in Cameroon
✍ Scribed by PETER M. NDUMBE; JÜRG SKALSKY; H. I. JOLLER-JEMELKA
- Book ID
- 114823112
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 404 KB
- Volume
- 102
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0365-5555
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