The Number of Infants with Hepatitis B virus (HBV) added Each Day in India
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چکیده
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is one of the major global public health problems.HBV infection 10th leading cause death.(1) In India, HBsAg prevalence,(an indicator chronic HBV infection) among general population ranges from 2% to 8%.(2) vaccination has been integrated in Universal Immunization Program (UIP) for last 10 years. All new borns are expected receive at 0 day and subsequently 6, 14 weeks.
 Majority women do not know they infected. Often have no symptoms. When a pregnant woman hepatitis B, it can spread her baby birth. This happen during vaginal delivery or c-section. Babies young children also get close contact with family members others who might be babies become infected about 90% chance developing lifelong, infection.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Indian Journal of Community Health
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['0971-7587', '2248-9509']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.47203/ijch.2021.v33i01.035