Knowledge of and attitudes towards hepatitis B and its transmission from mother to child among pregnant women in Guangdong Province, China.

BACKGROUND:Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection remains a serious public health problem worldwide. Mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of HBV is the major mode of transmission in HBV-endemic areas, including China, where little is known about pregnant women's knowledge of and attitudes towards HBV...

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Main Authors: Zhenyan Han, Yuzhu Yin, Yuan Zhang, Stephan Ehrhardt, Chloe L Thio, Kenrad E Nelson, Xiaoyi Bai, Hongying Hou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5456270?pdf=render