Taiwan: Aboriginal Taiwanese Hepatitis B Carriers Have More Favorable Viral Factors Than Han ...

Taiwan: Aboriginal Taiwanese Hepatitis B Carriers Have More Favorable Viral Factors Than Han Chinese Carriers Hsiao-Ching Nien, Jin-Chuan Sheu, Jia-Horng Kao, Huei-Chi Chou, Chien-Wen Su, and Chien-Hung Chen, 2011   Several viral factors are associated with disease progression in hepatitis B virus (HBV) carriers. Compared with Taiwanese Han Chinese, Taiwanese aborigines have a higher prevalence of chronic HBV infection and a higher standardized mortality rate of chronic liver diseases but a...

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