Prevalence of hepatitis B virus infection among women at reproductive age at a German university hospital

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 422-424

  Knorr, Britta ^a   Maul, Holger ^b   Schnitzler, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

HBV; Hepatitis B virus; Pregnancy; Women at childbearing age

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; GERMANY; GROUPS BY AGE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERINATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B E ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 46149126871     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2008.03.009     Document Type: Article

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