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Fulminant hepatitis B in an infant born to a hepatitis Be antibody positive, DNA negative carrier.

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Vanclaire, J Cornu, C. Sokal, Etienne [UCL]

A boy was born to a mother who was a chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) carrier. She was hepatitis Be (HBe) antibody positive and HBe antigen and HBV-DNA negative. The boy had not received hepatitis B vaccine and died from fulminant hepatitis at 3 months of age. This case demonstrates the need to vaccinate babies of HBe antibody positive, HBe antigen negative carriers.

Document type Article de périodique (Journal article) – Case Reports, Journal Article
Publication date 1991
Journal information "Archives of disease in childhood" - Vol. 66, no. 8, p. 983-5 (1991)
Peer reviewed yes
issn 0003-9888
e-issn 1468-2044
Publication status Publié
Affiliation UCL
MESH Subject DNA, Viral - immunology ; Female ; Hepatitis B - blood - immunology - transmission ; Hepatitis B Antibodies - analysis ; Hepatitis B Surface Antigens - analysis ; Hepatitis B e Antigens - analysis ; Hepatitis B virus - immunology ; Humans ; Infant, Newborn ; Male ; Maternal-Fetal Exchange ; Pregnancy
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Bibliographic reference Vanclaire, J ; Cornu, C. ; Sokal, Etienne. Fulminant hepatitis B in an infant born to a hepatitis Be antibody positive, DNA negative carrier.. In: Archives of disease in childhood, Vol. 66, no. 8, p. 983-5 (1991)
Permanent URL http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/24716