ABSENCE OF HEPATITIS-B VIRUS (HBV) DNA IN CHILDREN BORN AFTER EXPOSURE OF THEIR MOTHERS TO HBV DURING IN-VITRO FERTILIZATION

Authors
QUINT WGV FETTER WPF VANOS HC HEIJTINK RA
Citation
Wgv. Quint et al., ABSENCE OF HEPATITIS-B VIRUS (HBV) DNA IN CHILDREN BORN AFTER EXPOSURE OF THEIR MOTHERS TO HBV DURING IN-VITRO FERTILIZATION, Journal of clinical microbiology, 32(4), 1994, pp. 1099-1100
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
Journal of clinical microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00951137
Volume
32
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
1099 - 1100
Database
ISI
SICI code
0095-1137(1994)32:4<1099:AOHV(D>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
During in vitro fertilization, 22 human embryos were exposed to hepati tis B virus (HBV) in contaminated human serum present in the culture m edium. All mothers experienced hepatitis B during the first trimester of pregnancy, and two had hepatitis B surface antigen and HBV DNA, as determined by PCR, at the time of delivery. No HBV DNA was found in se rum or lymphocytes from the exposed 22 infants. HBV DNA was also absen t from one infant at autopsy.