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Deficient Knowledge on Hepatitis B Infection in Pregnant Women and Prevalence of Hepatitis B Surface Antigen Carriage in an Endemic Area : A Review
Joint Authors
Lao, Terence T.
Leung, Tak Yeung
Chan, Oi Ka
Suen, Stephen S. H.
Source
Hepatitis Research and Treatment
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-8, 8 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2012-09-28
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
8
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Hepatitis B infection is a major global health problem.
Vertical transmission is the commonest route of spreading hepatitis B virus (HBV) in many endemic areas.
In order to control such transmission in Hong Kong, neonatal immunization programme was implemented for more than two decades.
A declining prevalence of HBV infection was expected.
However, the prevalence remained unabated at around 10% in recent studies.
We suspect that one of the explanations of this persistent high prevalence is deficient knowledge on infection with the HBV and its prevention.
Our paper gives an overview of the knowledge on HBV infection among Chinese population in both high and low endemic areas and discusses the potential factors that influenced the knowledge on as well as the implication of the sources of information for HBV infection, which was not addressed in previous studies.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Chan, Oi Ka& Lao, Terence T.& Suen, Stephen S. H.& Leung, Tak Yeung. 2012. Deficient Knowledge on Hepatitis B Infection in Pregnant Women and Prevalence of Hepatitis B Surface Antigen Carriage in an Endemic Area : A Review. Hepatitis Research and Treatment،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-463002
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Chan, Oi Ka…[et al.]. Deficient Knowledge on Hepatitis B Infection in Pregnant Women and Prevalence of Hepatitis B Surface Antigen Carriage in an Endemic Area : A Review. Hepatitis Research and Treatment No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-463002
American Medical Association (AMA)
Chan, Oi Ka& Lao, Terence T.& Suen, Stephen S. H.& Leung, Tak Yeung. Deficient Knowledge on Hepatitis B Infection in Pregnant Women and Prevalence of Hepatitis B Surface Antigen Carriage in an Endemic Area : A Review. Hepatitis Research and Treatment. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-463002
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-463002