Interruption of Maternal-to-Infant Transmission of Hepatitis B by Means of Hepatitis B Immune Globulin

Summary

To evaluate whether hepatitis B immune globulin with a high level of antibody against the hepatitis B antigen would be capable of interrupting maternal-fetal transmission of hepatitis B virus, the single most important route of hepatitis spread in the entire Third World.

Timeline

Start

1975-11

Primary completion

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Completion

1986-06

Publications

• Background Beasley RP, Stevens CE: Vertical Transmission of HBV and Interruption with Globulin, in Vyas GN, Cohen SN, Schmid R (eds.), Viral Hepatitis: A Contemporary Assessment of Etiology, Epidemiology, Pathogenesis and Prevention. Philadelphia, Franklin Institute Press, 1978, 333-345.
• Background Stevens CE, Neurath RA, Beasley RP, Szmuness W. HBeAg and anti-HBe detection by radioimmunoassay: correlation with vertical transmission of hepatitis B virus in Taiwan. J Med Virol. 1979;3(3):237-41. doi: 10.1002/jmv.1890030310.

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