Screening strategies to prevent mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis B in sub-Saharan Africa

Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2018 Apr;3(4):222-223. doi: 10.1016/S2468-1253(18)30033-5. Epub 2018 Mar 7.

Authors

Yusuke Shimakawa¹, Abdoulaye Seck², Shevanthi Nayagam³, Coumba Toure-Kane⁴, Maud Lemoine³

Affiliations

¹ Unité d'Épidémiologie des Maladies Émergentes, Institut Pasteur, Paris, Paris 75015, France. Electronic address: yusuke.shimakawa@gmail.com.
² Laboratoire de Biologie Médicale, Institut Pasteur de Dakar, Dakar, Senegal.
³ Department of Hepatology, Imperial College London, London, UK.
⁴ Laboratoire de Bactériologie-Virologie, CHU Aristide le Dantec, Dakar, Senegal.

PMID: 29533192
DOI: 10.1016/S2468-1253(18)30033-5

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Publication types

Letter
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MeSH terms

Africa South of the Sahara
Child
Hepatitis B*
Humans
Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical*

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