Nippon Shokakibyo Gakkai Zasshi
Online ISSN : 1349-7693
Print ISSN : 0446-6586
DETECTION OF VARIOUS HBV MARKERS IN ASYMPTOMATIC HBsAg CARRIERS
Importance of Sensitivity of the Methods used in the Setting when Mother-Infant Transmission is Possible
Shousuke IWAMATakatsune NAKAYAMASeiji TSUCHIYAYoshiaki HIYAMANobuaki GOTOHOsamu YOKOSUKAKunihiko KOHNOToshio OHTSUKIYukio NAKAJIMAKunihiko OHNISHIMasao OMATAHirotaka MUSHAKunio OKUDANoriyuki INABAReiko OHKAWAHiroyoshi TAKAMIZAWA
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1981 Volume 78 Issue 11 Pages 2144-2150

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Various HBV markers were measured in 106 asymptomatic HBsAg carriers and in 76 infants born from asymptomatic HBsAg carrier mothers. The radioimmunoassay method was more sensitive than the Micro-Ouchterlony method for the detection of HBeAg and anti-HBe in asymptomatic HBsAg carriers. The former was more useful than the latter for predicting the vertical transmission of HB virus from asymptomatic HBsAg carrier mothers to their infants and subsequent development of carrier state. Anti-HBc in cord blood in the infants born from asymptomatic HBsAg carrier mothers was derived from the antibody transmitted trans-placentally from the mother, and disappeared in 1 to 1.5 years when no HBV infection occurred.

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