HBEAG AND ANTI-HBE DETECTION BY RADIOIMMUNOASSAY - CORRELATION WITH VERTICAL TRANSMISSION OF HEPATITIS-B VIRUS IN TAIWAN

被引:267
作者
STEVENS, CE
NEURATH, RA
BEASLEY, RP
SZMUNESS, W
机构
[1] USN,DEPT EPIDEMIOL & CLIN INVEST,MED RES UNIT,TAIPEI,TAIWAN
[2] UNIV WASHINGTON,DEPT EPIDEMIOL & INT HLTH,SEATTLE,WA 98195
关键词
hepatitis B e antigen; hepatitis B surface antigen; vertical transmission;
D O I
10.1002/jmv.1890030310
中图分类号
Q93 [微生物学];
学科分类号
071005 ; 100705 ;
摘要
A sensitive radioimmunoassay technique was used to detect hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg). A strong correlation was found between HBeAg positivity of the serum of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) carrier women in Taiwan and the subsequent development of surface antigenemia in their babies. All babies who became chronic HBsAg carriers were born to HbeAg positive women, maternal HBeAg positivity being a better prior indication of chronic antigenemia developing in the baby than the HBsAg titer in the mother's serum. Copyright © 1978 Wiley‐Liss, Inc., A Wiley Company
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