Efficacy of maternal tenofovir disoproxil fumarate in interrupting mother‐to‐infant transmission of hepatitis B virus

2015252 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Huey‐Ling Chen · National Taiwan University Hospital

Chien‐Nan Lee · Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

Chin‐Hao Chang · National Taiwan University Hospital

Yen‐Hsuan Ni · National Taiwan University Hospital

Ming‐Kwang Shyu · National Taiwan University Hospital

Shih‐Ming Chen · Taiwan Adventist Hospital

Jen‐Jan Hu

Abstract

Treatment with TDF for highly viremic mothers decreased infant HBV DNA at birth and infant HBsAg positivity at 6 months and ameliorated maternal ALT elevations. (Hepatology 2015;62:375-386.

Topics & Keywords

Hepatitis B Virus Studies HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Hepatology

Volume 62, Issue 2, pp. 375-386

DOI: 10.1002/hep.27837

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