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Seroprevalence and burden of hepatitis E viral infection among pregnant women in central Nigeria attending antenatal clinic at a Federal Medical Centre in Central Nigeria

INTRODUCTION: HEV infection may be life threatening in pregnant women and has been linked with 20–30% mortality, especially in the third trimester of pregnancy. HEV infection leads to elevated levels of preterm labour and other immunological parameters. It is vertically transmitted and could lead to...

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Autores principales: Ehi Airiohuodion, Philomena, Wartel, Anh, Yako, Andrew B., Mac, Peter Asaga
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9478474/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36117965
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2022.888218