Hepatitis B virus infection in pregnant mothers and its transmission to infants.
Indian J Pediatr
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1992 Jul-Aug; 59(4): 411-5
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em Inglês
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-80168
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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Assunto principal:
Complicações Infecciosas na Gravidez
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Microbiologia da Água
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Feminino
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Humanos
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Recém-Nascido
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Gravidez
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Fatores de Risco
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Hepatite B
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Antígenos de Superfície da Hepatite B
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Índia
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo de etiologia
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Fatores de risco
País/Região como assunto:
Ásia
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Indian J Pediatr
Ano de publicação:
1992
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
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