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Hepatitis B-positive health-care workers: why they should not switch to non-exposure-prone jobs

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Jindal, A. Hepatitis B-positive health-care workers: why they should not switch to non-exposure-prone jobs. Hepatol Int 12, 520–522 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12072-018-9899-1

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