Hepatitis B serologic patterns in children of HBV carriers or infected mothers
Keywords:
hepatitis B, immunization, perinatal transmission
Abstract
Background Vertical transmission is usually the cause of increas-ing carrier rates for hepatitis B infection, especially in highly en-
demic areas.
Objective To determine the serologic patterns of hepatitis B in
children of HBV carrier/infected mothers.
Methods This was a cross sectional study on children of HBV
carrier/infected mothers. Subjects were recruited consecutively and
examined at the Department of Child Health, Cipto Mangunkusumo
Hospital during January–July 2003. Children were included if they
were generally healthy and their parents gave permission. Chil-
dren with chronic illness, previous blood transfusions, or drug abuse
were excluded.
Results Fifty-nine children of 32 HBV carrier/infected mothers were
recruited. HBsAg was positive in 8 children, anti-HBs in 37, and
anti-HBc in 4 children. Seventy-three percent of children had been
vaccinated against HBV but only 81% had positive anti-HBs. Of
eighteen children who received hepatitis B vaccine and HBIg at
birth, none was infected. Six out of 25 children who received only
hepatitis B vaccine were infected.
Conclusion HBsAg, anti-HBs, and anti-HBc were positive in 14%,
36%, and 7% of children of HBV carrier/infected mothers, respec-
tively
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dren. 1st ed. St Louis: Mosby; 1994. p. 217-29.
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In: Zulkarnaen Z, Bisanto J, Pujiarto PS, Oswari H,
editors. Comprehensive aspects of hepatitis in children.
Proceedings of the 43rd Continuing Medical Education,
Department of Child Health, Medical School, Univer-
sity of Indonesia. Jakarta: FKUI Press; 2000. p. 1-6.
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S, Surjadi C, Yap SH. Peranan penularan VHB dan
VHC melalui pemakaian alat pribadi bersama di panti
asuhan. Maj Kedok Indones 1998;48:345-9.
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positive mothers. Presented in The 9 th National Con-
gress of Child Health; 1993 June 13-17; Semarang,
Indonesia.
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cluster of an immune escape variant of hepatitis B vi-
rus infecting a mother and her two fully immunized
children. Clin and Diagnostic Lab Immunol
1995;2:760-2.
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Epidemiology and prevention of vaccine-preventable
disease. Atlanta: CDC; 1999. p. 223-45.
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(HBsAg) mutants in Singapore adults and vaccinated
children with high anti-hepatitis B virus antibody lev-
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born to hepatitis B-e antigen positive mothers.
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high risk neonates. Asian Pacific J Allergy Immunol
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FY, et al. Preventions of perinatally transmitted hepatitis B
virus infections with hepatitis B immunoglobulin and hepa-
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antigen-negative carriers. J Pediatr 1999;18:262-6.
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body response to postexposure prophylaxis in infants born
to hepatitis B surface antigen-positive women. Pediatr
Infect Dis J 2003;22:123-9.
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tis B in infant born to a hepatitis Be antibody posi-
tive, DNA negative carrier. Arch Dis Child 1997;
66:983-5.
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Elsea WR, et al. Hepatitis B infection among children
born in the United States to Southeast Asian refugees.
N Engl J Med 1989;321:1301-5.
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