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Implementation of Hepatitis B Screening Into Routine Antenatal Care to Prevent Mother-to-Child Transmission in Rural Western Uganda

In rural Uganda where birth dose vaccination for hepatitis B is not routine, we implemented a pilot program for preventing mother-to-child transmission that effectively identified women with high-risk hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and started antiviral treatment during pregnancy. Further work is...

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Autores principales: Thahir, Sahal, Muhindo, Enid, Turigye, Brian, Kabagambe, Kenneth, Thompson, Peyton, Mulogo, Edgar M, Boyce, Ross M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10496864/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37705692
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofad452