Hepatitis B virus infection among HIV-infected pregnant women in Malawi and transmission to infants

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 508-514

  Chasela, Charles S ^a,b   Kourtis, Athena P ^c   Wall, Patrick ^b   Drobeniuc, Jan ^d   King, Caroline C ^c   Thai, Hong ^d   Teshale, Eyasu H ^d   Hosseinipour, Mina ^a,e   Ellington, Sascha ^c   Codd, Mary B ^b   Jamieson, Denise J ^c   Knight, Rod ^f   Fitzpatrick, Patricia ^b   Kamili, Saleem ^d   Hoffman, Irving ^e   Kayira, Dumbani ^a   Mumba, Noel ^a   Kamwendo, Deborah D ^a   Martinson, Francis ^a   Powderly, William ^b   Teo, Chong Gee ^d   Van Der Horst, Charles ^e   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA PROJECT   (Malawi)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f WESTAT   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiviral therapy; Hepatitis; HIV; Mother to child transmission; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; MALAWI; MIXED INFECTION; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; TRANSMISSION; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; COINFECTION; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MALAWI; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

EID: 84894094931     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2013.10.029     Document Type: Article

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