High hepatitis B virus seroprevalence in pregnant women coming from middle and high-endemicity countries: An unresolved issue

Dig Liver Dis. 2019 Aug;51(8):1201-1202. doi: 10.1016/j.dld.2019.05.023. Epub 2019 Jun 28.

Authors

Susanna Giachè¹, Luca Foroghi², Gloria Taliani³

Affiliations

¹ Infectious Disease Unit, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy. Electronic address: susanna.giac@hotmail.it.
² Infectious Diseases Unit, Policlinic Foundation of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.
³ Hepatology Unit, Department of Clinical Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.

PMID: 31257170
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2019.05.023

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Female
Hepatitis B / epidemiology*
Hepatitis B Antibodies / blood*
Hepatitis B virus
Humans
Italy / epidemiology
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / epidemiology*
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / virology
Racial Groups / statistics & numerical data*
Seroepidemiologic Studies

Substances

Hepatitis B Antibodies