title: Mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis B virus in sub-Saharan Africa: time to act.
authors.affiliation: University of Stellenbosch, Division of Medical Virology, Francie van Zijl Ave, Cape Town 7505, South Africa. Electronic address: andersson_m@sun.ac.za.
authors.forename: Monique I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Andersson
authors.affiliation: Department of Hepatology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Ruma
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rajbhandari
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, South Africa.
authors.forename: Michael C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Kew
authors.affiliation: University of Botswana, Botswana.
authors.forename: Sandro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vento
authors.affiliation: Division of Medical Virology, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Preiser
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands.
authors.forename: Andy I M
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Hoepelman
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
authors.forename: Gerhard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Theron
authors.affiliation: Department of Child Health, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cotton
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cohn
authors.affiliation: Institute of Medical Virology, Justus-Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany.
authors.forename: Dieter
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Glebe
authors.affiliation: Department of Hepatology, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria.
authors.forename: Olufunmilayo
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Lesi
authors.affiliation: Department of Hepatology, Imperial College, London, UK.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Thursz
authors.affiliation: Department of Hepatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Marion
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Peters
authors.affiliation: Department of Hepatology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Raymond
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.affiliation: Department of Evidence based Medicine, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
authors.forename: Charles
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wiysonge
mesh_terms: D017954:Africa South of the Sahara; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000628:therapy / Q000635:transmission / Q000821:virology; D017325:Hepatitis B Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D006515:Hepatitis B virus; D006801:Humans; D007114:Immunization; D018445:Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical / Q000517:prevention & control*; D009035:Mothers; D011247:Pregnancy
chemical_list: D017325:Hepatitis B Vaccines