High HBV viral loads in HIV-infected pregnant women at a tertiary hospital, South Africa

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Andersson, Monique I ^a   Maponga, Tongai G ^a   Ijaz, Samreen ^b   Theron, Gerhard ^a   Preiser, Wolfgang ^a   Tedder, Richard S ^b,c  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN;

ADULT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; LETTER; MIXED INFECTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOUTH AFRICA; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SOUTH AFRICA; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 84864195080     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: 10779450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e31825aeee7     Document Type: Letter

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