Horizontal hepatitis B virus transmission through non-sexual close contact in Turkish chronic hepatitis B patients living outside of Turkey.

CONCLUSION: Although the prevalence of horizontal transmission in the total study cohort is low, non-sexual close contact may play a role in the migrant population, particularly the Turkish. This should be an important public health target with respect to the prevention of HBV spreading. PMID: 30645919 [PubMed - in process]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30645919?dopt=Abstract

Source: Acta Gastro-Enterologica Belgica - January 16, 2019 Category: Gastroenterology Tags: Acta Gastroenterol Belg Source Type: research