Booster Vaccination in Infancy Reduces the Incidence of Occult HBV Infection in Maternal HBsAg-positive Children.

Yi LiLili LiYarong SongMinmin LiuXiangjun ZhaiZhongping DuanFeng DingLiguo ZhuJie JiangHuaibin ZouFengmin Lu Jie Li

Published in: Journal of clinical and translational hepatology (2023)

The incidence of OBI in maternal HBsAg-positive children was high, serum HBV DNA in children with OBI was intermittently positive at low levels, and a booster HepB in infancy reduced the incidence of OBI in children with HBsAg-positive mothers.

Keyphrases

hepatitis b virus
risk factors
birth weight
single molecule
circulating tumor
weight loss
gestational age
pregnancy outcomes