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Elsevier, Vaccine, 47(31), p. 5579-5584, 2013

DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2013.08.028

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The epidemiology of hepatitis B virus infection in HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected pregnant women in the Western Cape, South Africa☆

Journal article published in 2013 by M. I. Andersson, T. G. Maponga ORCID, S. Ijaz ORCID, J. Barnes, G. B. Theron, S. A. Meredith, W. Preiser ORCID, R. S. Tedder
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Abstract

•HIV-infected pregnant women have evidence of HBV escape compared to uninfected women.•One in six HBV-infected pregnant women is HBeAg seropositive, regardless of HIV status.•These data support the call to implement a birth dose of HBV vaccine.