dc.contributor.author | Greenfield, C | |
dc.contributor.author | Osidiana, V | |
dc.contributor.author | Karayiannis, P | |
dc.contributor.author | Galpin, S | |
dc.contributor.author | Musoke, R | |
dc.contributor.author | Jowett, TP | |
dc.contributor.author | Mati, P | |
dc.contributor.author | Tukei, PM | |
dc.contributor.author | Thomas, HC | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-06-18T08:41:48Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-06-18T08:41:48Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1986-06 | |
dc.identifier.citation | J Med Virol. 1986 Jun;19(2):135-42 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hinari-gw.who.int/whalecomwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/whalecom0/pubmed/3723115 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/35443 | |
dc.description.abstract | In Kenya hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and its sequelae are common. We followed up 49 hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg)- positive mothers and their newborn infants for 9 months to determine the importance of perinatal transmission in the African and to relate this to the HBe and HBV-DNA status of the mother. Our study shows that perinatal transmission is relatively unimportant in Kenya and that this may be a consequence of the low levels of circulating HBV-DNA in the maternal plasma. These results imply that vaccination without hyperimmune globulin may be adequate to control HBV infection in Kenya | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | University Of Nairobi | en |
dc.title | Perinatal Transmission Of Hepatitis B Virus In Kenya: Its Relation To The Presence Of Serum Hbv-dna And Anti-hbe In The Mother | en |
dc.type | Article | en |
local.publisher | Faculty Of Medicine | en |