Prevalence of hepatitis B among pregnant women assisted at the public maternity hospitals of São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 517-520

  Souza, Marinilde Teles ^a   de Pinho, Tainá Lima Reis ^a   Santos, Max Diego Cruz ^a   dos Santos, Alexsandro ^a   Monteiro, Vera Lúcia ^a   Fonsêca, Lena Maria Barros ^a   Ferreira, Pedro Antônio Muniz ^a   Ferreira, Adalgisa de Souza Paiva ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MARANHÃO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

HBV DNA; Hepatitis B; Pregnant

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAZIL; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE;

ADULT; BRAZIL; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HOSPITALS, MATERNITY; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870397417     PISSN: 14138670     EISSN: 16784391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjid.2012.07.008     Document Type: Article

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