title: [Screening for hepatitis B carriers at the maternity unit of Besançon teaching hospital].
abstract: There are more than 280 carriers of the hepatitis B virus worldwide. The risk of chronic carriers, and a fatal outcome due to hepatocarcinoma, is estimated to be about 50% in Asian children contaminated by materno-fetal transmission. Serovaccination of the neonatal infant born to a HBV carrying mother provides protection in nearly 100% of cases. Routine screening for HBV carriers at the Besançon teaching hospital maternity unit led to the vaccination of 1.12% of the babies born in 1990, which corresponds to the current national average.
authors.affiliation: Service de Pédiatrie, CHU, Besançon.
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Dalphin
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schirrer
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Colette
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Bertrand
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Noir
mesh_terms: D002353:Carrier State / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006511:Hepatitis B Antigens / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008403:Mass Screening; D011247:Pregnancy; D011263:Pregnancy Trimester, Third; D014611:Vaccination
chemical_list: D006511:Hepatitis B Antigens
vernacular_title: Dépistage du portage de virus de l'hépatite B à la maternité du CHU de Besançon.