High sero-prevalence of hepatitis B virus and human immunodeficiency virus infections among pregnant women attending antenatal clinic at Temeke municipal health facilities, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: a cross sectional study.

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Published in BMC Pregnancy Childbirth on April 07, 2017

Authors

Joel Manyahi1, Yohannes Msigwa2, Francis Mhimbira3, Mtebe Majigo2

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. manyahijoel@yahoo.com.
2: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
3: Ifakara Health Institute, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

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