Hepatitis B virus infections in families in which the mothers are negative but the fathers are positive for HBsAg

Hepatology Research

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 75-77

  Takegoshi, Kunio ^a   Zhang, Wei ^b  

^a Takegoshi Internal Medicine Clinic   (Japan)

^b FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Hepatitis B virus; Intra familial transmission; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FAMILY STUDY; FATHER; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 33749251843     PISSN: 13866346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hepres.2006.06.011     Document Type: Article

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