Prevalence of hepatitis B among pregnant women assisted at the public maternity hospitals of São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil | Zendy

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Prevalence of hepatitis B among pregnant women assisted at the public maternity hospitals of São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil

Author(s) -

Marinilde Teles Souza,

Tainá Lima Reis de Pinho,

Max Diêgo Cruz Santos,

Alexsandro dos Santos,

Vera Lúcia Monteiro,

Lena Maria Barros Fonsêca,

Pedro Antônio Muniz Ferreira,

Adalgisa de Souza Paiva Ferreira

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

the brazilian journal of infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.671

H-Index - 45

eISSN - 1678-4391

pISSN - 1413-8670

DOI - 10.1016/j.bjid.2012.07.008

Subject(s) - hbsag , medicine , hepatitis b virus , hepatitis b , population , epidemiology , obstetrics , public health , christian ministry , immunology , environmental health , virus , philosophy , nursing , theology

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is an important worldwide public health problem. In Brazil, the Ministry of Health estimates that 15% of the population has had contact with HBV, and that the mean rate of chronic carriers in Northeastern Brazil is around 0.5%.

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