Prevalence and Associated Factors of HBV Infections among HIV-Infected HAART Receiving Mothers and their Exposed Infants in Nairobi, Kenya

Abstract

Mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is responsible for more than one third of chronic HBV infections worldwide. Antiretroviral therapy (ART) naïve HBV/HIV co-infected mothers have a high tendency of transmitting the two viruses. This study aimed to determine prevalence &