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. 1992 Jul-Aug;59(4):411-5.
doi: 10.1007/BF02751551.

Hepatitis B virus infection in pregnant mothers and its transmission to infants

S Akhter  1 , M Q Talukder, N Bhuiyan, T A Chowdhury, M N Islam, S Begum
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Hepatitis B virus infection in pregnant mothers and its transmission to infants

S Akhter et al. Indian J Pediatr. 1992 Jul-Aug.

Abstract

Screening for serological markers of hepatitis B virus infection was done on 500 pregnant mothers. HBsAg, AntiHBs and HBeAg were done. HBsAg was positive in 3.6%, AntiHBs in 17.4% and HBeAg in 0.4% cases. The infants born to the asymptomatic HBsAg carrier mothers were followed up to 6 months to determine the vertical transmission of HBV infection. Rate of transmission of infection from HBsAg positive mothers to infants were 16.66% irrespective of HBeAg status, whereas it was nearly 100% in case of HBeAg positive mothers. All of the HBsAg positive infants developed the antigenemia between 3-6 months of age, supporting the hypothesis that intrapartum transmission is the major mode of vertical transmission.

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