Informing a target product profile for rapid tests to identify HBV-infected pregnant women with high viral loads: a discrete choice experiment with African healthcare workers

Abstract Background Elimination of mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis B virus (HBV) requires infant immunoprophylaxis and antiviral prophylaxis for pregnant women with high viral loads. Since real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), a gold standard for assessing antiviral eligibility, is...

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Published in:	BMC Medicine
Main Authors:	Yasir Shitu Isa, Jonathan Sicsic, Henry Njuguna, John Ward, Mohamed Chakroun, Mohamed El-Kassas, Rado Ramanampamonjy, Salim Chalal, Jeanne Perpétue Vincent, Monique Andersson, Hailemichael Desalegn, Fatou Fall, Asgeir Johannessen, Philippa C. Matthews, Gibril Ndow, Edith Okeke, Nicholas Riches, Moussa Seydi, Edford Sinkala, C. Wendy Spearman, Alexander Stockdale, Michael J. Vinikoor, Gilles Wandeler, Roger Sombié, Maud Lemoine, Judith E. Mueller, Yusuke Shimakawa
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2023-07-01
Subjects:	Hepatitis B Mother-to-child transmission Elimination Rapid diagnostic test Preferences Discrete choice experiment
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-023-02939-y