Seroprevalence and transmission of Hepatitis B virus among delivering women and their new born in selected health facilities, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: A cross sectional study

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Tegegne, Dessie ^a   Desta, Kassu ^b   Tegbaru, Belete ^c   Tilahun, Tesfaye ^c  

^a SAMARA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c ETHIOPIAN PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Cord blood; Delivering women; Hepatitis B virus; Risk factor; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FETUS BLOOD; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MATERNITY WARD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; TRANSMISSION; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTHING CENTERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 84899487968     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-7-239     Document Type: Article

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