High rate of hepatitis B virus mother-to-child transmission in Lao People’s Democratic Republic

• Main Authors: Prapan Jutavijittum, Amnat Yousukh, Bounnack Saysanasongkham, Bounthome Samountry, Khamtim Samountry, Kan Toriyama, Masaaki Tokuda, Hirohito Yoneyama, Tsutomu Masaki
• 格式: 雜誌
• 出版: 2018
• 主題: Medicine
• 在線閱讀: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=84975311427&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/56237

© 2016, SEAMEO TROPMED Network. All rights reserved. Hepatitis B virus infection is endemic in Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR). Among 3,000 pregnant women attending an antenatal clinic at Mother and Child Hospital in Vientiane, Lao PDR, 5.8% were HBsAg positive by a rapid test. Among serum sa...