Possible transmission of hepatitis B virus between spouses and their children in Babol, Northern Iran

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 245-247

  Roushan, Mohammad Reza Hasanjani ^a   Mohraz, Minoo ^b   Velayati, Ali Akbar ^b  

^a BABOL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Iranian Society for Support of Patients with Infectious Diseases   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EVALUATION AND FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; IRAN; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL WELFARE; PATIENT SELECTION; PREGNANCY; SPOUSE; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ADULT; BLOOD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HETEROZYGOTE; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VIROLOGY;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

ADULT; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; SPOUSES;

EID: 38449102495     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/004947507782332856     Document Type: Article

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