Molecular epidemiology of hepatitis B vi
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Izumi Hasegawa; Yasuhito Tanaka; Fuat Kurbanov; Namiko Yoshihara; Ahmed El-Gohar
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Article
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2006
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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In the United Republic of Tanzania, 457 voluntary blood donors were enrolled in hepatitis B virus (HBV) serological screening; 4.8% (22/457) carried HBsAg, 13.6% (3/22) of whom were HBeAg-positive. The mean age among HBeAg-negative carriers was 31 years. HBV DNA was detectable in 81.8% (18/22), the