Preventing Neonatal Hepatitis B Infection During the Perinatal Period
โ Scribed by NANCY G. CRAWFORD; ANNETTE M. PRUSS
- Book ID
- 109270928
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 671 KB
- Volume
- 22
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0884-2175
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A four-dose vaccination schedule was used to interrupt perinatal transmission of hepatitis B virus from carrier mothers to their babies. Of 49 babies immunised and successfully followed up, 43 (88%) became immune: 15 out of 21 (71%) of babies born to HBeAg + mothers became immune, the other 6 becomi
newborn infants of 79 hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg)-positive women were enrolled in a study of the efficacy of hepatitis B immune globulin (HBIG) in the prophylaxis of perinatal transmission of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. HBIG 0.5 ml or 0.25 ml was given to the newborn within 15 minutes