Seroprevalence of hepatitis B surface antigen and anti HCV antibody and its associated risk factors among pregnant women attending maternity ward of Felege Hiwot Referral Hospital, northwest Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study Hepatitis viruses

Virology Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Molla, Sefinew ^a   Munshea, Abaineh ^b   Nibret, Endalkachew ^b  

^a DEBRE TABOR UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b BAHIR DAR UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

HBV; HCV; Pregnancy; Risk factor; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DELIVERY; DENTAL PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; MATERNITY WARD; MIXED INFECTION; PREGNANT WOMAN; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT; BLOOD; DEMOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84949423966     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1743422X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12985-015-0437-7     Document Type: Article

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