Prevalence of hepatitis B and hepatitis C among diabetes mellitus type 2 individuals.

Diabetes mellitus type 2 (DM2) patients have higher risk to be infected with parenterally transmitted viruses, like hepatitis B or C virus. This study aims to determine HBV and HCV infection prevalence in DM2 patients from Northeast and Southeast Brazil. A total of 537 DM2 patients were included, 19...

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Main Authors: Livia Melo Villar, Bruno Geloneze, Ana Carolina Junqueira Vasques, Maria Lucia Elias Pires, Juliana Custódio Miguel, Elisangela Ferreira da Silva, Vanessa Alves Marques, Leticia de Paula Scalioni, Elisabeth Lampe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0211193