Hepatitis B virus genotype D infection among antenatal patients attending a maternity hospital in Calcutta, India: Assessment of infectivity status

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 203-206

  Banerjee, A ^a   Chakravarty, R ^a   Mondal, P N ^b   Chakraborty, M S ^a  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b Lohia Matri Seva Sadan   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; MATERNITY WARD; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN INFECTION; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS INFECTIVITY; VIRUS MUTANT; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TYPING;

EID: 17744362125     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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