Comparison of antibody response to hepatitis B vaccination in infants with positive or negative maternal hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg) in cord blood: implication for the role of HBeAg as an immunotolerogen

• Main Authors: Hongyu Huang (Author), Mingzhe Ning (Author), Jingli Liu (Author), Jie Chen (Author), Jing Feng (Author), Yimin Dai (Author), Yali Hu (Author), Yi-Hua Zhou (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2019-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg) has been considered to cause immunotolerance to hepatitis B virus (HBV) in newborn infants after fetal HBeAg exposure. This study compared anti-HBs responses to hepatitis B vaccination in infants who were born to HBeAg-positive and -negative mothers respectively, to inv...