Possibility of HBsAg, Anti-Hbs transmission during pregnancy and the role of horizontal transmission in children with ages of 1-5
- Author:
Cuong Hong Vu
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
HBsAg
- MeSH:
Hepatitis B Surface Antigens;
pregnant women;
child
- From:Journal of Vietnamese Medicine
2001;256(2):13-16
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
Prevalence of HBsAg presence in umbilical blood is 5.6%. In case of HBsAg-positive mothers, fetal transmission can be 38.88%. - The percentage of fetal IgG anti-HBs transmission is 95.35%. - 36 mothers have shown HBsAg anti-Hbs negative, but over time, their children has been revealed to be HBsAg and anti-HBs positive by 5.56% and 11.11%, respectively. Thus about 17% of children have infected with HBV from horizontal transmission.
