The association between maternal hepatitis B e antigen status, as a proxy for perinatal transmission, and the risk of hepatitis B e antigenaemia in Gambian children

BACKGROUND: Early age at infection with hepatitis B virus (HBV) increases the risk of chronic HBV infection. In addition early age at infection may further increase the risk of persistent viral replication beyond its effect on chronicity. The effects of perinatal and early postnatal transmission on...

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Autores principales: Shimakawa, Yusuke, Bottomley, Christian, Njie, Ramou, Mendy, Maimuna
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4066313/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24885392
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-14-532

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4066313/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24885392
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-14-532

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