Hepatitis B virus infection among pregnant women delivering at Harare Maternity Hospital, Harare Zimbabwe, 1996 to 1997

Central African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 195-198

  Madzime, S ^a   Adem, M ^b   Mahomed, K ^a   Woelk, G B ^a   Mudzamiri, S ^a   Williams, M A ^b  

^a UNIV OF ZIMBABWE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Zimbabwe)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DELIVERY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HETEROZYGOTE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MASS SCREENING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; VACCINATION; ZIMBABWE;

ADULT; CARRIER STATE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HOSPITALS, MATERNITY; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; VACCINATION; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0033169965     PISSN: 00089176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/cajm.v45i8.8414     Document Type: Article

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