Early childhood transmission of hepatitis B prior to the first hepatitis B vaccine dose is rare among babies born to HIV-infected and non-HIV infected mothers in Gulu, Uganda

BACKGROUND: Hepatitis B (HBV) in sub-Saharan Africa is believed to be horizontally acquired. However, because of the high HBV prevalence in northern Uganda, no hepatitis B vaccination at birth and no access to HBV immunoglobulin, we hypothesize that vertical transmission also could also play an impo...

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Autores principales: Seremba, E., Van Geertruyden, J.P., Ssenyonga, R., Opio, C.K., Kaducu, J.M., Sempa, J.B., Colebunders, R., Ocama, P.
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Lenguaje:Inglês
Publicado: 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5529605/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28434689
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2017.04.020
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