Hepatitis B virus sero-prevalence among pregnant females in Saudi Arabia | Zendy

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Hepatitis B virus sero-prevalence among pregnant females in Saudi Arabia

Author(s) -

MohammedA Alrowaily,

Mostafa A. Abolfotouh,

MazenS Ferwanah

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

saudi journal of gastroenterology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608

H-Index - 32

eISSN - 1998-4049

pISSN - 1319-3767

DOI - 10.4103/1319-3767.39621

Subject(s) - medicine , hbsag , hepatitis b virus , hepatitis b , obstetrics , serology , pregnancy , vaccination , immunology , virus , antibody , biology , genetics

Since selective screening for Hepatitis B virus (HBV) in pregnant women has failed to identify a high proportion of HBV-infected mothers, pre-natal HBsAg testing of all pregnant women is now recommended. We aimed to determine the prevalence of HBV infection among pregnant women at the ante-natal clinic of a tertiary care center in Saudi Arabia and to identify the target group for postpartum immunization.

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