The lack of nurse-infant transmission of type B hepatitis in a special care nursery
| Autor: | Michael A. Geber, Robert J. Gerety, Chinh T. Le, Edward B. Lewin |
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| Rok vydání: | 1977 |
| Předmět: |
HBsAg
Nursing Staff Hospital medicine.disease_cause Infant Newborn Diseases Serology Nursing medicine Humans Saliva Hepatitis B virus Hepatitis Cross Infection Hepatitis B Surface Antigens biology Transmission (medicine) business.industry Infant Newborn virus diseases Hepatitis B medicine.disease Complement fixation test digestive system diseases Nurseries Hospital Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health biology.protein Female Antibody business |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of pediatrics. 91(1) |
| ISSN: | 0022-3476 |
| Popis: | Twenty-four infants cared for by a nurse who developed acute type B hepatitis with HBsAg present in herserum and saliva were examined for serologic evidence of hepatitis B virus transmission. None of the infants had HBsAg by radioimmunoassay or anti-HBc by complement fixation. One infant had anti-HBs whose transient presence was consistent with passive acquisition. Using sensitive serologic tests, no identifiable risk to newborn infants in a special care nursery could be documented as a result of exposure to a nurse who developed acute type B hepatitis during their period of care. |
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