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Hepatitis B e antigen status and hepatitis B DNA levels in women of childbearing age with chronic hepatitis B infection screening for clinical trials.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Tran Tram T, Gordon Stuart C, Fung Scott, Dinh Phillip, Yee Leland, Martins Eduardo Bruno, Buti Maria, Marcellin Patrick
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Perinatal or mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis B virus (HBV) results in a high frequency of chronic infection. Risk of mother-to-child transmission is associated with maternal viral factors including hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg) positivity and viral load. AIM: To investigate associations between age, HBeAg status, HBV DNA levels and genotype in female patients screened for inclusion into two...
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