Prevention of de novo hepatitis B virus infection by vaccination and high hepatitis B surface antibodies level in children receiving hepatitis B virus core antibody-positive living related donor liver: case reports.
Transmission of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection from donors negative for hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) but positive for antibody to hepatitis B core antigen (anti-HBc) have been reported. The aim of our study was to evaluate the outcomes of recipients who received liver grafts from living related donors with serological evidence of previous exposure to hepatitis B virus (HBsAg-negative/anti-HBc-positive) after recipient vaccination against HBV before and after liver transplantation.
Jankowska
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Departments of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Immunology, Children's Memorial Health Institute, Al. Dzieci Polskich 20, Warsaw, Poland.
Pawłowska
J
J
Teisseyre
M
M
Kaliciński
P
P
Kamiński
A
A
Czubkowski
P
P
Cielecka-Kuszyk
J
J
Kluge
P
P
Pronicki
M
M
Socha
J
J
D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000276:immunology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens / Q000276:immunology*; D017325:Hepatitis B Vaccines; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000276:immunology*; D019520:Living Donors
D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens; D017325:Hepatitis B Vaccines