Immunoprophylaxis failure against vertical transmission of hepatitis B virus: what is the mechanism and do other factors also play a role?

Eur J Pediatr. 2008 Apr;167(4):489-90. doi: 10.1007/s00431-007-0499-7. Epub 2007 May 22.
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Publication types

  • Comment
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Female
  • Hepatitis B / prevention & control*
  • Hepatitis B / transmission
  • Hepatitis B Surface Antigens / immunology*
  • Hepatitis B Vaccines / therapeutic use
  • Hepatitis B e Antigens / immunology*
  • Hepatitis B virus / immunology*
  • Humans
  • Immunization / methods*
  • Immunoglobulins / therapeutic use
  • Immunologic Factors / therapeutic use
  • Infant
  • Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical / prevention & control*
  • Mothers
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / drug therapy
  • Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / virology
  • Risk Factors
  • Treatment Failure

Substances

  • Hepatitis B Surface Antigens
  • Hepatitis B Vaccines
  • Hepatitis B e Antigens
  • Immunoglobulins
  • Immunologic Factors