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Knowledge and Prevention of Vertical Transmission of Hepatitis B Infection: A Cross-Sectional Study among Pregnant Females in Varanasi, India

BACKGROUND: 300 million individuals worldwide suffer from chronic HBV infection. India, an intermediate endemicity zone, has a 3-4% HBsAg prevalence in the general population and 0.9-11.2% among pregnant women. As 95% of infantile infections progress to chronicity, vertical transmission is a vital i...

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Autores principales: Maheshwari, Kalika, Kansal, Sangeeta
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10470572/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37662128
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijcm.ijcm_650_22