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Hepatitis C virus seroprevalence among haemodialysis patients, sickle cell patients and blood donors at a tertiary hospital in Yaounde, Cameroon

Therese NdomgueDepartment of Microbiology/Immunology, Catholic University of Central Africa, Yaounde, Cameroon
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Michel KengneDepartment of Microbiology/Immunology, Catholic University of Central Africa, Yaounde, Cameroon
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Patrick Achiangia NjukengDepartment of Plant Biology, University of Dschang, Dschang, Cameroon
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Valentine Ngum NdzeMetabiota Cameroon, Yaounde, Cameroon
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Damien Nota AnongDepartment of Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon
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Tracy Madimabi MasebeDepartment of Life and Consumer Sciences, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, University of South Africa, Roodepoort, South Africa
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Ubald TamoufeMetabiota Cameroon, Yaounde, Cameroon
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Anastasia Yenban BongajumService for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT), Ministry of Public Health, Yaounde, Cameroon
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Daniel Ter GoonDepartment of Nursing Sciences, University of Fort Hare, Alice, South Africa
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Julius Mbekem NwobegahayMilitary Health Research Center (CRESAR), Yaounde, CameroonCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 1-3 | Received 17 Nov 2016, Accepted 28 Jun 2017, Published online: 01 Aug 2017

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