ENHANCING THE PREVENTION OF MOTHER TO CHILD TRANSMISSION OF HEPATITIS B

Globally according to the WHO progress report on viral hepatitis in 2021, 296 million people are living with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and 820,000 deaths per year were due to HBV related liver cirrhosis and cancer. These estimated numbers for HBV are 5.1 folds and 2.8 folds higher th...

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Main Author: Tan Soek Siam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-05-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S120197122300259X