Hepatitis B screening in pregnant women in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia | Zendy

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Hepatitis B screening in pregnant women in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia

Author(s) -

Smiljana Rajčević,

Gorana Ćosić,

Predrag Djuric,

Jelena Djekić,

Mioljub Ristić,

D. Babovic-Kacavenda

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

archives of biological sciences

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.217

H-Index - 25

eISSN - 1821-4339

pISSN - 0354-4664

DOI - 10.2298/abs1204333r

Subject(s) - hbsag , medicine , transmission (telecommunications) , serology , hepatitis b , obstetrics , environmental health , virology , geography , hepatitis b virus , immunology , antibody , virus , electrical engineering , engineering

The principal screening test for maternal infection is the serologic identification test for the hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg). Data of HBsAg testing surveillance from all public and private laboratories in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Serbia, were collected. There were differences in the inclusion of pregnant women for HBsAg testing between the different counties in the province, ranging from 9% to 68% in Zapadnobački county and Severnobački county, respectively. Preventing perinatal transmission should be an important element in any national strategy for the control hepatitis B infection

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