Intra familial spread of asymptomatic hepatitis B in Alexandria
Journal of the Egyptian Public Health Association [The]. 1990; 65 (3-4): 401-10
in English
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ABSTRACT
A total of 107 family members were examined for HBsAg, 86 members were in families with a persistent carrier index and 21 of them were in families free from a carrier index. Rate of HBsAg transmission was 100% in families with a carrier index and absent in those free from a carrier. Horizontal transmission of hepatitis B virus infection reached about 80% in the total sample examined. All babies born to a carrier mothers became positive at one year of age stressing the importance of screening of the mother in the planning for vaccination programmes for the prevention of hepatitis B infection in newly-born
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IMEMR (Eastern Mediterranean)
Language:
English
Journal:
J. Egypt. Public Health Assoc.
Year:
1990
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