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Untreated highly viraemic pregnant women from Asia or sub‐Saharan Africa often transmit hepatitis B virus despite serovaccination to newborns

Pierre Sellier, Sarah Maylin, Rishma Amarsy, Marie‐Christine Mazeron, Lucile Larrouy, Stéphanie Haïm‐Boukobza, Amanda Lopes, Maria‐Dolores Moreno, Aude Ricbourg, Guy G. Simoneau,

Liver International · 2014 · 20 citations · 16 references

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Abstract

This study confirms that serovaccination does not fully protect newborns from MTC HBV transmission, when maternal HBV DNA loads exceed 5 Log10 I.U/ml, regardless of the women's origin or HBV genotype.

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