Mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis B virus in sub-Saharan Africa: time to act

• Monique I Andersson,
• Ruma Rajbhandari,
• Michael C Kew,
• Sandro Vento,
• Wolfgang Preiser,
• Andy I M Hoepelman,
• Gerhard Theron,
• Mark Cotton,
• Jennifer Cohn,
• Dieter Glebe,
• Olufunmilayo Lesi,
• Mark Thursz,
• Marion Peters,
• Raymond Chung,
• Charles Wiysonge

Affiliations

Monique I Andersson

University of Stellenbosch, Division of Medical Virology, Francie van Zijl Ave, Cape Town 7505, South Africa

Ruma Rajbhandari

Department of Hepatology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA

Michael C Kew

Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, South Africa

Sandro Vento

University of Botswana, Botswana

Wolfgang Preiser

Division of Medical Virology, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa

Andy I M Hoepelman

Department of Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands

Gerhard Theron

Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa

Mark Cotton

Department of Child Health, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa

Jennifer Cohn

Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Dieter Glebe

Institute of Medical Virology, Justus-Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany

Olufunmilayo Lesi

Department of Hepatology, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria

Mark Thursz

Department of Hepatology, Imperial College, London, UK

Marion Peters

Department of Hepatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA

Raymond Chung

Department of Hepatology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA

Charles Wiysonge

Department of Evidence based Medicine, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa