Alarming Levels of Hepatitis C Virus Prevalence among Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh: Emergency National and International Actions Warranted
Sheikh Mohammad Fazle Akbar, Kazuaki Takahashi, Abul Barakat Mohammad Adnan, Masuda Mohsena, Al Asmaul Hosna, Mohammad Helal Uddin, SM Golam Kaisar, Sanya Tahmina
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Fazle Akbar SM, Takahashi K, Mohammad Adnan AB, Mohsena M, Hosna AA, Uddin MH, Kaisar SG, Tahmina S. Alarming Levels of Hepatitis C Virus Prevalence among Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh: Emergency National and International Actions Warranted. Euroasian J Hepatogastroenterol 2019; 9 (1):55-56.
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