Avances en la lucha contra la hepatitis B
Infection with hepatitis B virus (HBV) is responsible for 80% of the cases of primary liver cancer and cirrhosis worldwide. Every year almost a million people, of whom 25% are chronic carriers of the virus, die from these diseases. Anti-HBV vaccine is the best means of prevention and can be consider...
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| Language: | English |
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Pan American Health Organization
1997-04-01
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| Series: | Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública |
| Online Access: | http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1020-49891997000400024&lng=en&tlng=en |