Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6120409 | Journal of Clinical Virology | 2015 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
There was a decline in the prevalence of occult HBV infection in post-vaccination South Africa, although the disease burden remains significant in the HIV co-infected population. After nearly two decades of a universal hepatitis B vaccination programme, no positive selection of vaccine escape mutants were observed.
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Authors
Edina Amponsah-Dacosta, Ramokone L. Lebelo, J. Nare Rakgole, Selokela G. Selabe, Maemu P. Gededzha, Simnikiwe H. Mayaphi, Eleanor A. Powell, Jason T. Blackard, M. Jeffrey Mphahlele,