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

• Hauptverfasser: Hongyu Huang (Verfasst von), Mingzhe Ning (Verfasst von), Jingli Liu (Verfasst von), Jie Chen (Verfasst von), Jing Feng (Verfasst von), Yimin Dai (Verfasst von), Yali Hu (Verfasst von), Yi-Hua Zhou (Verfasst von)
• Format: Buch
• Veröffentlicht: Taylor & Francis Group, 2019-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Schlagworte: 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...