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Cost-effectiveness of quantitative hepatitis B virus surface antigen testing in pregnancy in predicting vertical transmission risk

May 13, 2016

| Carla Coffin, Carmen L. Charlton, Eliana Castillo, Golasa Samadi Kochaksaraei, Stephen Congly, Steven R. Martin, Trudy Matwiy

Vertical transmission of hepatitis B virus (HBV) can occur despite immunoprophylaxis in mothers with high HBV DNA levels (>5-7 log10 IU/ml). Quantitative hepatitis B surface antigen (qHBsAg) testing could be used as a surrogate marker to identify high viral load carriers, but there is limited data in pregnancy. We conducted a prospective observational study to determine…