risk factors of hepatitis b infection: health policy makers should be aware of their importance in each community
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Risk factors of hepatitis B infection: Health policy makers should be aware of their importance in each community
Despite the availability of an effective vaccine, Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection still remains a foremost health problem. Undoubtedly, finding the key routes of hepatitis transmission from the point of prevention in every country, specifically in endemic regions, is of high priority. Such efforts are especially important given that many infected patients with hepatitis are asymptomatic (1, 2...
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