title: [HBsAg screening in pregnant females].
abstract: In 1985-1986, the sera of 2,634 pregnant women in the 26th week of gestation were examined for HBsAg by means of counterelectrophoresis and haemagglutination test. 10 sera (0.38%) yielded a positive test result. Only one serum came from a nurse who was occurred in the Public Health Service, suggesting a general HBsAG screening in pregnancy. Thus, hepatitis-B carriers can be detected and, by simultaneous immunization of the newborns the materno-fetal infection prevented.
authors: Abteilung Klinische Chemie und Laboratoriumsdiagnostik, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena.
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Thoms
authors: H J
authors: HJ
authors: Seewald
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens / Q000032:analysis*; D006513:Hepatitis B e Antigens / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012307:Risk Factors
chemical_list: D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens; D006513:Hepatitis B e Antigens
vernacular_title: HBsAg-Screening bei schwangeren Frauen.