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THE e ANTIGEN AND VERTICAL TRANSMISSION OF HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN
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The relationship of e antigen (eAg) and its antibody (anti-e) to vertical transmission of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) from chronic asymptomatic HBsAg carrier women to their children was investigated in Taiwan. Sera from 20 of the 62 women studied were positive for eAg (32%); serum from only one woman was positive for anti-e (2%). A total of 85% of the babies born to eAg positive mothers became HBsAg carriers, while only 31% of the babies became carriers when the mother was eAg negative. Maternal e antigenemia correlated with a high HBsAg titer, and both parameters were equally good predictors of vertical transmission.
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- Authors
- BEASLEY, R. P., TREPO, C., STEVENS, C. E., & SZMUNESS, W.
- Venue
- American Journal of Epidemiology
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 1977-02
- Volume
- 105
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 94-98
- ISSN
- 0002-9262 (ISSN-L)
- 1476-6256
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- W1924400606
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- 611
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 13.16
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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