Maternal-infant transmission of hepatitis G virus
โ Scribed by Noriyuki Inaba; Yuko Okajima; Xiong Shu Kang; Kazuaki Ishikawa; Ichio Fukasawa
- Book ID
- 113984107
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 120 KB
- Volume
- 177
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1097-6868
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In order to determine whether maternal-infant (vertical) transmission of hepatitis B is a common route of infection leading to chronic antigenemia in Egypt, 901 asymptomatic women in labor were evaluated. Forty-three women (4.8 percent) were positive for HBsAg, but only one woman was positive for HB