Dual Carriage of Hepatitis B Surface and Hepatitis B Envelope Antigen in Children in a Tertiary Health Facility in the Poorest Region of Nigeria, 2000-2015

Isaac WE et al. Int J Virol AIDS 2020, 7:060 • Page 1 of 11 • Citation: Isaac WE, Iliya J, Yaya A, Ayomikun A, Difa AJ, et al. (2020) Dual Carriage of Hepatitis B Surface and Hepatitis B Envelope Antigen in Children in a Tertiary Health Facility in the Poorest Region of Nigeria, 2000-2015. Int J Virol AIDS 7:060. doi.org/10.23937/2469-567X/1510060 Accepted: April 08, 2020: Published: April 10, 2020 Copyright: © 2020 Isaac WE, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Abstract

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