Hepatitis B Virus
Research on hepatitis B virus described by scientists at Columbus Children's Hospital
Published in Women's Health Weekly, March 5th, 2009
"Hepatitis B infection during pregnancy presents a unique set of management issues. Aspects of care that must be considered include maternal and fetal effects of hepatitis B, effects of pregnancy itself on the course of hepatitis B infection and its complications, treatment of hepatitis B during pregnancy and prevention of perinatal infection," scientists writing in the journal Liver International report.
"There are insufficient studies to date regarding these concerns; most are from the Far East, and many have important limitations, but some have yielded valuable data. Pregnant women with acute hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection typically have a course not very...
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