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ABSTRACT Recent studies confirming the efficacy of hepatitis B immune globulin for the prevention of neonatal hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection have highlighted the need for identifying high
risk pregnant women in the United States. During the period March to November 1980, of 300 pregnant women of Chinese extraction at New York Infirmary Hospital who were tested for hepatitis
B surface antigen (HBsAg), 43 (14.3%) were positive. Of 37 HBsAg-positive women who were tested for ‘e’ antigen (HBeAg), 18 (48.6%) were positive. Of 236 women who were tested for both HBsAg
and its antibody (anti-HBs), 132 (56%) had evidence of present or past HBV infection; 13.5% HBsAg-positive and 42.5% anti-HBs-positive. About 98% of the women were born outside the United
States, 80 to 90% from Mainland China and Hong Kong and the others from Taiwan, Burma, Macau and other islands. Their length of stay in the USA ranged from 3 months to 15 years. In view of
these findings Chinese women should be routinely tested for HBsAg during pregnancy. ARTICLE PDF AUTHOR INFORMATION AUTHORS AND AFFILIATIONS * Department of Pediatrics, New York University
School of Medicine, New York Infirmary-Beekman Downtown Hospital, New York Madhu Gudavalli, Catherine M P Kierney & Saul Krugman Authors * Madhu Gudavalli View author publications You
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C. & Krugman, S. 472 HEPATITIS B DURING PREGNANCY: IDENTIFICATION OF HIGH RISK GROUPS. _Pediatr Res_ 15 (Suppl 4), 519 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-198104001-00485 Download
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