Comparison of hepatitis B viral loads and viral antigen levels in child-bearing age women with and without pregnancy

Autor: Chenyu Xu, Jingli Liu, Lanhua Liu, Yongchun Bi, Biyun Xu, Jie Chen, Biao Xu, Tingmei Chen, Yali Hu, Yi-Hua Zhou
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, Vol 18, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2018)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1471-2393
DOI: 10.1186/s12884-018-1932-9
Popis: Abstract Background Pregnancy is a unique physiological condition with the cellular immune functions compromised at some extents to allow the mature of growing fetus. Whether pregnancy may influence the replication of hepatitis B virus (HBV) is less studied. The present study aimed to investigate the influence of pregnancy on the replication of HBV and expression of viral antigens by comparing the levels of HBV DNA and viral antigens in pregnant and non-pregnant women. Methods A total of 727 HBsAg-positive serum samples, collected from 214 pregnant women and 513 non-pregnant women of childbearing age, were included. Based on the pregnancy status, subjects were divided into four groups: nulliparous (n = 158), pregnant (n = 214), 7–12 months postpartum (n = 170), and 2–5 years postpartum (n = 185). The levels of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) and hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg) were quantitatively measured with microparticle enzyme immunoassay. HBV DNA levels were detected by fluorescent real-time PCR. Results The median ages of four groups were 25.0, 25.3, 26.2 and 29.3 years, respectively (p
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