Maternofetal transmission of hepatitis B virus genotype E in Ghana, west Africa

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 88, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2686-2695

  Candotti, Daniel ^a   Danso, Kwabena ^b   Allain, Jean Pierre ^c  

^a NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

^b KOMFO ANOKYE TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Ghana)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AFRICA; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; GHANA; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WILD TYPE;

CLONING, MOLECULAR; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOTYPE; GHANA; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 35048829249     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.83102-0     Document Type: Article

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