Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis B virus: protocol for a one-arm, open-label intervention study to estimate the optimal timing of tenofovir in pregnancy

• Main Authors: Marieke Bierhoff, Kenrad E. Nelson, Nan Guo, Yuanxi Jia, Chaisiri Angkurawaranon, Podjanee Jittamala, Verena Carrara, Wanitda Watthanaworawit, Clare Ling, Fuanglada Tongprasert, Michele van Vugt, Marcus Rijken, Francois Nosten, Rose McGready, Stephan Ehrhardt, Chloe Lynne Thio
• Format: Journal
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Medicine
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=85091054143&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/70763
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2020. Re-use permitted under CC BY. Published by BMJ. INTRODUCTION: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) remains a public health threat and the main route of transmission is from mother to child (MTCT). Tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) treatment can reduce MTCT of HBV althou...