BACKGROUND Serological testing for primary maternal cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection during pregnancy is not routine, but ultrasound studies are routine. Therefore, we evaluated placental thickening in women with primary CMV infection during pregnancy. METHODS The study included 92 women with primary CMV infection during pregnancy and 73 CMV-seropositive pregnant women without primary CMV infe...

Hepatitis-associated aplastic anemia is an uncommon variant seen in young, previously healthy individuals. The pancytopenia follows hepatitis by a few weeks and is usually severe and prolonged. Bone marrow transplantation remains the cornerstone of therapy. However, immunosuppressive therapy has been found to be effective. We report an 8-year-old girl who had non-A, B, C and E hepatitis-associa...

A literature search was carried out to investigate the factors that influence the protective efficacy (PE) of hepatitis B vaccines when given to neonates of hepatitis B surface antigen and e antigen positive mothers. Hepatitis B vaccines with either high or low antigen doses are very effective in preventing chronic hepatitis B infection in neonates at risk, but there is evidence that with lower...

BACKGROUND Intrauterine infection is the main contributor to maternal-infantile transmission of HBV. This is a retrospective study of 158 HBsAg-positive pregnant women who delivered children from Jan 1st, 2004 to Dec.31th, 2006 in Wuhan City, China. We investigated the measures taken to prevent maternal-infantile transmission of hepatitis B virus and the infection status of children. METHODS ...