Sero - prevalence and associated risk factors of Hepatitis B virus among pregnant Women in Southern Ethiopia: Hospital based cross-sectional study
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1 Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Wollo University, Dessie, Ethiopia. 2 Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, School of Allied Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 3 Department of Medical Microbiology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, School of Biomedical and Laboratory Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia
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تاریخ انتشار 2016