Hepatitis B Virus
Research by S. Dervisevic and colleagues in hepatitis B virus provides new insights
Published in Hepatitis Weekly, January 21st, 2008
"In the United Kingdom, the National Screening Programme for identification of hepatitits B virus (HBV) infection in pregnant women uses HBV e antigen (HBeAg) and antibody to HBeAg (anti-HBe) as markers of infectivity to determine use of immunoglobulin for hepatitis B. Serum samples from 114 HBV-infected women were analyzed. Viral loads correlated with HBeAg/anti-HBe status and viral genotypes," scientists writing in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases report.
"Among 95 mothers whose serum contained anti-HBe, viral loads ranged between undetectable and 8.6 x 10(6) IU/mL (median 228 IU/mL). Ten (10.5%) of these mothers had plasma viral loads >10(4) IU/mL;...
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Source: Hepatitis Weekly (2008-01-21)
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