Breastfeeding Is Not a Risk Factor for Mother-to-Child Transmission of Hepatitis B Virus

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Chen, Xiangru ^a   Chen, Jie ^a   Wen, Jian ^b   Xu, Chenyu ^b   Zhang, Shu ^a   Zhou, Yi Hua ^c   Hu, Yali ^a,c  

^a NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Zhenjiang Fourth People's Hospital   (China)

^c MEDICAL SCHOOL OF NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL CARE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B ANTIGENS; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INFANT; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84873803030     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0055303     Document Type: Article

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