Maternal Hepatitis B Infection Burden, Comorbidity and Pregnancy Outcome in a Low-Income Population on the Myanmar-Thailand Border: A Retrospective Cohort Study.
Marieke BierhoffChaisiri AngkurawaranonAung Myat MinMary Ellen GilderNay Win TunArunrot KeereevijittAye Kyi WinElsi WinVerena Ilona CarraraTobias BrummaierCindy S ChuLaurence ThielemansKanlaya SriprawatBorimas HanboonkunupakarnMarcus RijkenFrançois NostenMichele van VugtRose McGreadyPublished in: Journal of pregnancy (2019)
The results highlight the disease burden of HBV in women on the Myanmar-Thailand border and support original reports of a lack of significant associations with HBsAg+ irrespective of HBeAg status, for comorbidity, and pregnancy outcomes in deliveries supervised by skilled birth attendants.