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Non-A hepatitis B virus genotypes in antenatal clinics, United Kingdom.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 Nov 2007
Dervisevic Samir, Ijaz Samreen, Chaudry Shahneila, Tedder Richard S
Abstract excerpt
In the United Kingdom, the National Screening Programme for identification of hepatitits B virus (HBV) infection in pregnant women uses HBV e antigen (HBeAg) and antibody to HBeAg (anti-HBe) as markers of infectivity to determine use of immunoglobulin for hepatitis B. Serum samples from 114 HBV-infected women were analyzed. Viral loads correlated with HBeAg/anti-HBe status and viral genotypes. Among 95 mothers...
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