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- Title
Mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis E virus infection.
- Authors
Singh, Sarman; Mohanty, Alok; Joshi, Y K; Deka, Deepika; Mohanty, Sujit; Panda, S K
- Abstract
Water borne or enterically transmitted non-A-non-B hepatitis is a major public health problem in India. Many of these cases carry fatal outcome. The hepatitis E virus (HEV) has been considered to be the most important causative agent of this entity. The severity and fatality rates of HEV infection are reported to be rather more in pregnant women. However, there is meager information from India, on mother to child transmission of this agent.
- Publication
Indian journal of pediatrics, 2003, Vol 70, Issue 1, p37
- ISSN
0019-5456
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1007/BF02722743