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Prevalence of chronic HBV infection in pregnant woman attending antenatal care in a tertiary hospital in Mwanza, Tanzania: a cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND: Tanzania has a high prevalence (7.17%) of chronic hepatitis B infection. Mother to Child transmission is very common, resulting in high rate of chronic infections. Currently, there is no screening program for HBV in pregnant women. This study investigated the prevalence and risk factors...

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Autores principales: Geffert, Karin, Maponga, Tongai G., Henerico, Shimba, Preiser, Wolfgang, Mongella, Stella, Stich, August, Kalluvya, Samuel, Mueller, Andreas, Kasang, Christa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7275503/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32503443
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-020-05096-2