Epidemiology and genotypic profiling of hepatitis B virus among febrile individuals in a high-endemic Ghanaian setting.

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Title: Epidemiology and genotypic profiling of hepatitis B virus among febrile individuals in a high-endemic Ghanaian setting.
Authors: Frimpong JO; Department of Clinical Microbiology, College of Health Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana.; Genomic and Infectious Disease Laboratory, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences (FAHS), Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana., Alhassan A; Department of Clinical Microbiology, College of Health Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana.; Tamale Teaching Hospital (TTH), Tamale, Ghana., Ansah RO; Genomic and Infectious Disease Laboratory, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences (FAHS), Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana., Larbi R; Genomic and Infectious Disease Laboratory, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences (FAHS), Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana., El-Duah P; Institute of Virology, Charite, University Medicine of Berlin, Chariteplatz 1, 10117, Berlin, Germany., Owusu DO; Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine (KCCR), Kumasi, Ghana.; Department of Theoretical and Applied Biology, College of Science, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana., Velavan TP; Institute of Tropical Medicine, University of Tubingen, Tubingen, Germany.; Vietnamese-German Center for Medical Research (VG-CARE), Hanoi, Vietnam., Owusu M; Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine (KCCR), Kumasi, Ghana. michaelowusu80@gmail.com.; Genomic and Infectious Disease Laboratory, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences (FAHS), Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana. michaelowusu80@gmail.com.; German-West African Centre for Global Health and Pandemic Prevention, Kumasi, Ghana. michaelowusu80@gmail.com.
Source: BMC infectious diseases [BMC Infect Dis] 2026 Feb 19; Vol. 26 (1). Date of Electronic Publication: 2026 Feb 19.
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