Peripartum cytokine flares in a multiethnic cohort of chronic hepatitis B carriers does not correlate with hepatitis B virus suppression or increased risk of liver disease.
Shivali S JoshiDaniel WongEliana CastilloMark G SwainCarla S CoffinPublished in: American journal of reproductive immunology (New York, N.Y. : 1989) (2017)
CHB carriers show increased Th1 cytokines in the peripartum period albeit with no effect on viral load or liver disease suggesting an aborted antiviral immune response.