| Literature DB >> 2902274 |
S D Lee1, K J Lo, Y T Tsai, J C Wu, T C Wu, Z L Yang, H T Ng.
Abstract
447 infants, born to mothers positive for hepatitis B e antigen and hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg), received hepatitis B immunisation. A higher rate of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection was found at birth in infants delivered vaginally (96/385, 24.9%) than in infants delivered by caesarean section (6/62, less than 10%). At birth, serum HBV-DNA was detected in 13 of 67 infants delivered vaginally, but in none of 30 infants delivered by caesarean section. Caesarean section combined with hepatitis B immunisation is advisable in infants of mothers who are chronic HBsAg carriers with high serum HBV-DNA levels.Entities:
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Year: 1988 PMID： 2902274 DOI： 10.1016/s0140-6736(88)92792-4
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Lancet ISSN： 0140-6736 Impact factor: 79.321