Current progress in the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis B and resulting clinical and programmatic implications

• Main Authors: Gonzague Jourdain, Nicole Ngo-Giang-Huong, Woottichai Khamduang
• Format: Journal
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Medicine; Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=85067383642&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/65822
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

© 2019 Jourdain et al. There is currently no cure for hepatitis B chronic infections. Because new hepatitis B infections result mainly from perinatal transmission, preventing mother-to-child transmission is essential to reach by 2030 the goal of hepatitis B elimination set by the World Health Organi...