Does hepatitis B virus prenatal transmission result in postnatal immunoprophylaxis failure?

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1836-1841

  Zhu, Yi Yang ^a   Mao, Ying Zi ^a   Wu, Wei Ling ^a   Cai, Qun Xi ^a   Lin, Xian Hua ^a  

^a TAIZHOU HOSPITAL OF ZHEJIANG PROVINCE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FETUS; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOPROPHYLAXIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 78649864343     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: 1556679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.00168-10     Document Type: Article

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