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Kenya: Researchers at the Kenya Medical Research Institute (Kemri) have raised the alarm over increased cases of Hepatitis B, an infectious virus, in the country.
Kemri’s head of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases Research programme Elijah Songok has said statistics indicate that the prevalence rate of Hepatitis B (HBV) is approximately 10 per cent among pregnant women, and more than 30 per cent among liver clinic attendees.
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