Establishing contemporary trends in hepatitis B sero-epidemiology in an Indigenous population.

Indigenous populations globally are disproportionately affected by chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection however contemporary sero-prevalence data are often absent. In the Indigenous population of the Northern Territory (NT) of Australia the unique C4 sub-genotype of HBV universally circulates....

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Main Authors: Jane Davies, Shu Qin Li, Steven Y Tong, Rob W Baird, Miles Beaman, Geoff Higgins, Benjamin C Cowie, John R Condon, Joshua S Davis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5590876?pdf=render