Prenatal hepatitis B screening and associated factors in a high prevalence district of Lira, northern Uganda: a community based cross sectional study

• Asıl Yazarlar: Paul Semakula Katamba (Yazar), David Mukunya (Yazar), Doris Kwesiga (Yazar), Victoria Nankabirwa (Yazar)
• Materyal Türü: Kitap
• Baskı/Yayın Bilgisi: BMC, 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Konular: article
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Abstract Background Chronic hepatitis B Virus (HBV) infection affects 80-100 million people in sub-Saharan Africa and accounts for an estimated 650,000 deaths annually. The prevalence of active hepatitis B virus infection among women aged 15-64 in mid-Northern Uganda is about 5%. Lira district is am...