The risk of perinatal hepatitis B virus transmission: hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg) prevalence estimates for all world regions

BMC Infectious Diseases

Steven T Wiersma¹  Gretchen A Stevens¹  Jördis J Ott¹ 

[1] World Health Organization, 20 avenue Appia, 1211, Geneva 27, Switzerland

关键词: Systematic review;    Prevalence;    Epidemiology;    Hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg);    Perinatal transmission;    Hepatitis B virus;   

Others  :  1175360
DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2334-12-131

 received in 2012-02-20, accepted in 2012-05-18,  发布年份 2012

【 授权许可】

   
2012 Ott et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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