Article
Prevalence, risk factors and virological profile of chronic hepatitis B virus infection in pregnant women in India.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Jun 2011
Pande Chandana, Sarin Shiv Kumar, Patra Sharda, Bhutia Kazila, Mishra Siddhartha Kumar, Pahuja Sangeeta, Jain Manjula, Srivastava Shikha, Dar Sadaf Bashir, Trivedi Shubha Sagar, Mukhopadhyay Chinmay K, Kumar Ashish
Abstract excerpt
A large program was conducted by the Government of India to study the prevalence and profile of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and its risk factors in pregnant women attending a tertiary care hospital in India. From September 2004 to December 2008 consecutive pregnant women attending the antenatal clinic were screened and those found positive for HBsAg were enrolled. Healthy non-pregnant women of...
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