Hepatitis B virus genotypes in children and adolescents in Japan: Before and after immunization for the prevention of mother to infant transmission of hepatitis B virus

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 670-675

  Inui, Ayano ^a,f   Komatsu, Haruki ^b   Sogo, Tsuyoshi ^a   Nagai, Toshiro ^c   Abe, Kenji ^d   Fujisawa, Tomoo ^e  

^a Yokohama Sakae Kyosai Hospital   (Japan)

^b TOHO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^e International University of Health and Welfare   (Japan)

^f SAISEIKAI YOKOHAMASHI TOBU HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

HB vaccine; Horizontal transmission; Perinatal transmission

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATHER; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; NONHUMAN; PEDIATRICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; DNA, VIRAL; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFANT; JAPAN; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 34248165664     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.20884     Document Type: Article

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