Serostatus for viral e antigen is no longer accurate for inferring potential infectivity of pregnant virus carriers

Alter

Bartholomeusz

Buckwold Ve

Carman

Chan

del Canho

Friedt

Garson

Ghendon

Günther

Hahné

Ngui

Richard S. Tedder

Samir Dervisevic

Samreen Ijaz

Scaglioni

Shahneila Chaudry

Shikata

Srey

van Damme

Vranckx

World Health Organization

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A reservoir of hepatitis B.

Agency. Immunoglobulin handbook. Indications and dosage for normal and speciﬁ c immunoglobulin preparations. Revised edition. London: The Agency;

Biologic properties of hepatitis B viral genomes with mutations in the precore promoter and precore open reading frame.

Characterisation of hepatitis B surface antigen strains circulating in the Kingdom of Cambodia.

Complete hepatitis B virus genome analysis in HBsAg positive mothers and their infants with fulminant hepatitis B. BMC Gastroenterol.

Different hepatitis B virus genotypes are associated with different mutations in the core promoter and precore regions during hepatitis B e antigen seroconversion.

Effects of a naturally occurring mutations in the hepatitis B virus basal core promoter on precore gene expression and viral replication.

Epidemiology of hepatitis B in Europe and worldwide. J Hepatol. 2003;39(Suppl 1):S64–9.

Executive National Health Service. Screening of pregnant women for hepatitis B and immunisation of babies at risk. HSC 1998/127. London: Department of Health;

Failed postnatal immunoprophylaxis for hepatitis B: characteristics of maternal hepatitis B virus as risk factors. Clin Infect Dis.

Failure of neonatal hepatitis B vaccination: the role of HBV-DNA levels in hepatitis B carrier mothers and HLA antigens in neonates.

Health. Hepatitis B infected health care workers: guidance on implementation of health. Service Circular 2000/020. London: Department of Health;

Hepatitis B control in Europe by universal vaccination programmes: the situation in

Hepatitis B e antigen and infectivity of hepatitis B virus. J Infect Dis.

Hepatitis B virus genotypes: comparison of genotyping methods. Rev Med Virol.

Hepatitis B virus vaccination and antenatal transmission of HBV markers to neonates. J Viral Hepat.

Immunisation against infectious disease. London: Her Majesty’s Stationary Ofﬁ ce;

Incidence and routes of transmission of hepatitis B virus in England and Wales, 1995–2000: implications for immunisation policy.

Molecular epidemiology of hepatitis B virus vaccine variants in Singapore.

Mutation preventing formation of hepatitis B e antigen in patients with chronic hepatitis B infection.

Mutations in the precore region of hepatitis B virus serve to enhance the stability of the secondary structure of the pregenome encapsidation signal.

Organization. Expanded programme on immunization. Global advisory group⎯Part I. Wkly Epidemiol Rec.

Perinatal transmission of hepatitis B virus in high-incidence countries. J Virol Methods.

prevalence, and signiﬁ cance of core promoter/enhancer II mutations in hepatitis B viruses from immunnosuppressed patients with severe liver disease.

Real-time PCR quantitation of hepatitis B virus DNA using automated sample preparation and murine cytomegalovirus internal control.

Transmission of hepatitis B to patients from four infected surgeons without hepatitis B e antigen. The Incident Investigation Teams and Others.

Non-A Hepatitis B Virus Genotypes in Antenatal Clinics, United Kingdom