The risk of perinatal hepatitis B virus transmission: hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg) prevalence estimates for all world regions

BACKGROUND: HBeAg presence in childbearing-age women is a major determinant of perinatal hepatitis B virus (HBV) transmission. The risk of developing chronic HBV infection and liver disease is highest at young age. Our aim was to assess perinatal HBV transmission risk by means of estimating age- and...

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Autores principales: Ott, Jördis J, Stevens, Gretchen A, Wiersma, Steven T
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3478174/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22682147
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-12-131

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3478174/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22682147
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-12-131

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