Sero-prevalence and risk factors of hepatitis B virus and human immunodeficiency virus infection among pregnant women in Bahir Dar city, Northwest Ethiopia: A cross sectional study

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Zenebe, Yohannes ^a   Mulu, Wondemagegn ^a   Yimer, Mulat ^a   Abera, Bayeh ^a  

^a BAHIR DAR UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; HBV; HIV; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ABORTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIXED INFECTION; PATIENT HISTORY OF SURGERY; PREGNANT WOMAN; SEROPREVALENCE; TATTOOING; BLOOD; COMPLICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; COINFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84895488767     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-14-118     Document Type: Article

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