Hepatitis B prevalence among blood donors at Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital, Gambia

Ramatoulie Darboe¹, Sheikh Omar Bittaye^{1

2}, Saydiba Tamba², Ramou Njie^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Internal Medicine Department, School of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences, University of The Gambia, Serekunda, The Gambia.
² Internal Medicine Department, Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital, Banjul, The Gambia.

Ramatoulie Darboe et al. Pan Afr Med J. 2023.

. 2023 Feb 2:44:66.

doi: 10.11604/pamj.2023.44.66.38656. eCollection 2023.

Ramatoulie Darboe¹, Sheikh Omar Bittaye^{1

2}, Saydiba Tamba², Ramou Njie^{1

2}

¹ Internal Medicine Department, School of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences, University of The Gambia, Serekunda, The Gambia.
² Internal Medicine Department, Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital, Banjul, The Gambia.

No abstract available

Keywords: Gambia; Hepatitis B; blood donors; prevalence; replacement; voluntary.

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no competing interests.

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