Vertical Transmission of Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) from Mothers Negative for HBV Surface Antigen and Positive for Antibody to HBV Core Antigen | Zendy

Alexander Walz | Zendy; Stefan Wirth | Zendy; Jürgen Hucke | Zendy; Patrick Gerner | Zendy

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Vertical Transmission of Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) from Mothers Negative for HBV Surface Antigen and Positive for Antibody to HBV Core Antigen

Author(s) -

Alexander Walz,

Stefan Wirth,

Jürgen Hucke,

Patrick Gerner

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

the journal of infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.69

H-Index - 252

eISSN - 1537-6613

pISSN - 0022-1899

DOI - 10.1086/605698

Subject(s) - virology , hepatitis b virus , serostatus , antigen , antibody , medicine , transmission (telecommunications) , hepatitis b , virus , immunology , viral load , electrical engineering , engineering

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) can be transmitted by blood donors and organ donors who are positive for antibody to HBV core antigen (anti-HBc) but negative for all other HBV markers. Therefore, we evaluated the risk of infection for babies of mothers with this serostatus.

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