Seroprevalence of hepatitis B infection in pregnant women at the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, Ado-Ekiti, Southwest Nigeria

1 Department of Medicine, Ekiti-State University Teaching Hospital, P.M.B 5355, AdoEkiti, Nigeria 2 Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Ekiti-State University Teaching Hospital, P.M.B 5355, AdoEkiti, Nigeria 3 Department of Surgery, Ekiti-State University Teaching Hospital, P.M.B 5355, AdoEkiti, Nigeria 4 Department of Hematology & Blood transfusion, Ekiti State University, P.M.B 5355, Ado – Ekiti, Nigeria.

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