Mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis B: current status and the road forward

Yvonne A Nartey^{1

2}, Ansumana S Bockarie³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine and Therapeutics, School of Medical Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana. ynartey@uccsms.edu.gh.
² Department of Internal Medicine, Cape Coast Teaching Hospital, Cape Coast, Ghana. ynartey@uccsms.edu.gh.
³ Department of Internal Medicine and Therapeutics, School of Medical Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana.

Yvonne A Nartey et al. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2024 Aug.

. 2024 Aug;21(8):531-532.

doi: 10.1038/s41575-024-00956-7.

Yvonne A Nartey^{1

2}, Ansumana S Bockarie³

¹ Department of Internal Medicine and Therapeutics, School of Medical Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana. ynartey@uccsms.edu.gh.
² Department of Internal Medicine, Cape Coast Teaching Hospital, Cape Coast, Ghana. ynartey@uccsms.edu.gh.
³ Department of Internal Medicine and Therapeutics, School of Medical Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana.

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