Chronic hepatitis B in pregnant women: Is hepatitis B surface antigen quantification useful for viral load prediction?

Abstract

HBsAg levels provide a good viral load predictor in HBeAg-positive but not HBeAg-negative pregnant women. The HBeAg-negative group had a frequent occurrence of BCP/PC variants, which may have contributed to the lack of correlation observed. Samples with a low HBsAg level, which is associated with a low risk of MTCT, do not require HBV DNA measurement.

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