Hepatitis B virus genotype D infection among antenatal patients attending a maternity hospital in Calcutta, India: assessment of infectivity status.
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2005-01-24
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A seroepidemiological study was conducted to determine the hepatitis B virus carrier rate and infectivity status among antenatal patients in Calcutta. Fifteen of 400 antenatal mothers (3.74%) were carriers of HBV genotype D. Four (1.0%) of them were positive for HBeAg with a high risk of transmitting infection to their babies. The presence of precore mutant HBV, which has been associated with transmission events from HBeAg mothers to their babies, was not detected in any of the HBeAg negative mothers.
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The Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health.
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Banerjee A, Chakravarty R, Mondal PN, Chakraborty MS. Hepatitis B virus genotype D infection among antenatal patients attending a maternity hospital in Calcutta, India: assessment of infectivity status. The Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health. 2005 Jan; 36(1): 203-6