Efficacy of the hepatitis B vaccine alone in the prevention of hepatitis B perinatal transmission in infants born to hepatitis B e antigen-negative carrier mothers

• Päätekijät: Wenjun Zhang (Tekijä), Chenyu Xu (Tekijä), Yanjing Rui (Tekijä), Jie Chen (Tekijä), Tingmei Chen (Tekijä), Yimin Dai (Tekijä), Biyun Xu (Tekijä), Yali Hu (Tekijä), Junhao Chen (Tekijä), Yi-Hua Zhou (Tekijä)
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• Julkaistu: Elsevier, 2022-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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Background: Vertical mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of the hepatitis B virus (HBV) remains an important issue. Timely administration of hepatitis B immunoglobulin (HBIG) and of the HBV vaccine is effective in preventing MTCT in infants born to HBV-infected mothers. However, HBIG is often not ea...