Seroprevalence of HBV in immigrant pregnant women and coverage of HBIG vaccine for neonates born to chronically infected immigrant mothers in Hsin-Chu County, Taiwan

Vaccine

Volumn 25, Issue 44, 2007, Pages 7706-7710

  Liu, Ching Yun ^a,b   Chang, Nien Tzu ^a   Chou, Pesus ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Public Health Bureau   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

HBeAg; HBsAg; Perinatal transmission

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CHINESE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INDONESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PREDICTION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; SEROPREVALENCE; TAIWAN; VIET NAM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B E ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION, PASSIVE; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TAIWAN;

EID: 35148867647     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2007.07.056     Document Type: Article

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