1. Hepatitis E virus infection in HIV-infected pregnant women and their children in Malawi.
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Mancinelli, Sandro, Pirillo, Maria Franca, Liotta, Giuseppe, Andreotti, Mauro, Jere, Haswel, Sagno, Jean-Baptiste, Amici, Roberta, Marazzi, Maria Cristina, Vella, Stefano, Palombi, Leonardo, and Giuliano, Marina
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BREASTFEEDING ,HIV infections ,HEPATITIS E ,IMMUNOENZYME technique ,SCIENTIFIC observation ,RESEARCH ,ANTIRETROVIRAL agents ,VERTICAL transmission (Communicable diseases) ,SEROPREVALENCE ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,DIAGNOSIS ,INFECTIOUS disease transmission - Abstract
The article discusses research that examined the association of hepatitis E virus (HEV) prevalence with HIV infection in sub-Saharan Africa, focusing on pregnant Malawian women. Topics covered include the seroprevalence of hepatitis E during pregnancy, the rate of new HEV infections 2 years after delivery, and HEV prevalence in HIV-exposed children in the endemic area.
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- 2017
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