Article
Chronic HBV infection among pregnant women and their infants in Shenyang, China.
Virology journal - 7 Jan 2013
Ding Yang, Sheng Qiuju, Ma Li, Dou Xiaoguang
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The main transmission route of the hepatitis B virus (HBV) is mother to child transmission and contributes significantly to chronic HBV infection. Even though immunoprophylaxis with hepatitis B immunoglobulin (HBIG) and hepatitis B vaccine is administrated to neonates whose mothers are hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) positive, about 10% of the neonates suffer from HBV infection in their early...
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