Hepatitis B and C markers were tested in 980 pregnant women, in the infants born to infected mothers, and in a random sample of 42 and 50, respectively, children born to uninfected mothers in Tanzania. Sixty-two women (6.3%) were positive for HBsAg and 15 (24%) were HBeAgseropositive. Anti-HCV was d
Prevalence of exposure to aflatoxin and hepatitis B and C viruses in Guinea, West Africa
✍ Scribed by Mamadou S. Diallo; Abdoulaye Sylla; Kaba Sidibé; Bakary S. Sylla; Christian R. Trepo; Christopher Paul Wild
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 418 KB
- Volume
- 3
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1056-9014
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