Eliminating perinatal transmission of hepatitis B virus: it is time for action

J Int AIDS Soc. 2024 Jul;27(7):e26337. doi: 10.1002/jia2.26337.

Authors

Rania A Tohme¹, Su Wang², Benjamin Cowie³, Sandra Dudareva⁴, Carolyn Wester¹

Affiliations

¹ Division of Viral Hepatitis, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
² Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center and Hepatitis B Foundation, Livingston, New Jersey, USA.
³ WHO Collaborating Centre for Viral Hepatitis, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
⁴ Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany.

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MeSH terms

Female
Hepatitis B virus / physiology
Hepatitis B* / prevention & control
Hepatitis B* / transmission
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical* / prevention & control
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / prevention & control
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / virology