Non-A Hepatitis B Virus Genotypes in Antenatal Clinics, United Kingdom

In the United Kingdom, the National Screening Programme for identification of hepatitits B virus (HBV) infection in pregnant women uses HBV e antigen (HBeAg) and antibody to HBeAg (anti-HBe) as markers of infectivity to determine use of immunoglobulin for hepatitis B. Serum samples from 114 HBV-infe...

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Main Authors: Samir Dervisevic, Samreen Ijaz, Shahneila Chaudry, Richard S. Tedder
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2007-11-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/13/11/07-0578_article