Maternal Hepatitis B Infection Burden, Comorbidity and Pregnancy Outcome in a Low-Income Population on the Myanmar-Thailand Border: A Retrospective Cohort Study

• Main Authors: Marieke Bierhoff (Author), Chaisiri Angkurawaranon (Author), Aung Myat Min (Author), Mary Ellen Gilder (Author), Nay Win Tun (Author), Arunrot Keereevijitt (Author), Aye Kyi Win (Author), Elsi Win (Author), Verena Ilona Carrara (Author), Tobias Brummaier (Author), Cindy S. Chu (Author), Laurence Thielemans (Author), Kanlaya Sriprawat (Author), Borimas Hanboonkunupakarn (Author), Marcus Rijken (Author), François Nosten (Author), Michele van Vugt (Author), Rose McGready (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objectives. Hepatitis B virus (HBV) was believed to have minimal impact on pregnancy outcomes apart from the risk of perinatal transmission. In more recent years, there have been reports of adverse associations, most consistently preterm birth (PTB), but this is in the context of high rates of caesa...