[Screening for hepatitis B carriers at the maternity unit of Besançon teaching hospital].
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.
Dalphin
M L
ML
Service de Pédiatrie, CHU, Besançon.
Schirrer
J
J
Colette
C
C
Bertrand
A M
AM
Noir
A
A
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
D006511:Hepatitis B Antigens
Dépistage du portage de virus de l'hépatite B à la maternité du CHU de Besançon.