The status of hepatitis B control in the African region

Pan African Medical Journal

Volumn 27, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Breakwell, Lucy ^a   Tevi Benissan, Carol ^b   Childs, Lana ^a   Mihigo, Richard ^b   Tohme, Rania ^a  

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

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Hepatitis B control; Hepatitis B prevalence; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN;

AFRICA; AWARENESS; DATA AVAILABILITY; DISEASE MARKER; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MADAGASCAR; MOTHER TO CHILD TRANSMISSION; NIGER; NIGERIA; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGICAL SURVEILLANCE; VACCINATION; VACCINATION COVERAGE; VIRUS LOAD; ZIMBABWE; CHILD; CHRONIC HEPATITIS B; FEMALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

AFRICA; CHILD; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B E ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; VACCINATION;

EID: 85033467434     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19378688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11604/PAMJ.SUPP.2017.27.3.11981     Document Type: Review

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