Universal screening for hepatitis B among pregnant women led to 96% vaccination coverage among newborns of HBsAg positive mothers in Denmark

Vaccine

Volumn 29, Issue 50, 2011, Pages 9303-9307

  Harder, Katja Majlund ^a,b   Cowan, Susan ^a   Eriksen, Mette Brandt ^c   Krarup, Henrik B ^d   Christensen, Peer Brehm ^c  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^c ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

HBV genotype; Hepatitis B; Screening; Vaccination; Vertical transmission; Viral HBV load

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VACCINATION; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

DENMARK; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MASS SCREENING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVALENCE; VACCINATION;

EID: 80855144155     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2011.10.028     Document Type: Article

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