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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-5-30
pubmed:abstractText
Central to immunization programmes is that hepatitis B virus infection in infancy is much more likely to result in the chronic carrier state than if infection occurs in adulthood. In areas of high endemicity like south-eastern Asia most infections occur when chronically infected women transmit hepatitis B virus to their newborns or when chronically infected children transmit the virus to other children. In the Netherlands, the endemicity is considered low; seroprevalence studies showed that 0.8% of the pregnant women are HBsAg-positive. To prevent mother to child transmission of hepatitis B a national immunization program has recently been implemented to prevent perinatal infection in approximately 450 neonates each year. Horizontal transmission of hepatitis B virus also seems possible in children since persistent carriers are found in (medical) centres and institutions for mentally handicapped. Since hepatitis B infections acquired during early childhood are likely to progress to chronicity and liver disease in adult life some risk factors for children in the Netherlands to contract hepatitis B infection are described and the immunization strategy is discussed.
pubmed:language
dut
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0376-7442
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
58
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
203-11
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-3-24
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
[Hepatitis B in children].
pubmed:affiliation
Afd. Inwendige Geneeskunde II, Academisch Ziekenhuis Dijkzigt, Rotterdam.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract, Review