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J Egypt Public Health Assoc
; 65(3-4): 401-10, 1990.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-2133909
ABSTRACT
A total of 107 family members were examined for HBsAg 86 members were in families with a persistent carrier index and 21 of them were in families free from a carrier index. Rate of HBsAg transmission was 100% in families with a carrier index and absent in those free from a carrier. Horizontal transmission of hepatitis B virus infection reached about 80% in the total sample examined. All babies born to a carrier mothers became positive at one year of age stressing the importance of screening of the mother in the planning for vaccination programmes for the prevention of hepatitis B infection in newly-born.