| Literature DB >> 23838779 |
Shikha Shrivastava1, Nirupama TrehanPati, Shyam Kottilil, Shiv Kumar Sarin.
Abstract
Humoral immune responses are protective against hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. We characterized B-cell phenotypic changes in infants of hepatitis B surface antigen positive mothers compared with normal and hepatitis B surface antigen negative infants at birth and 1 year after HBV immunization. Hepatitis B surface antigen positive infants had higher immature transitional B cells at birth, which normalized a year after immunization. Immature B-cell response to neonatal HBV exposure is associated with maternal-child transmission of HBV.Entities:
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Year: 2013 PMID: 23838779 PMCID: PMC3708314 DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31828df344
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Pediatr Infect Dis J ISSN: 0891-3668 Impact factor: 2.129