Outcomes of the national programme on prevention of mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis B virus in China, 2016-2017.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In addition to providing free hepatitis B vaccine (HBvacc) series to all infants in China since 2005, the national programme on prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of hepatitis B virus (HBV) started providing free hepatitis B immunoglobulin for all new-borns born to hepatitis B surface-antigen (HBsAg) positive mothers in 2010. However, few studies have evaluated the effectiveness of the PMTCT programme. Therefore, we aimed to investigate the outcomes of the programme and identify associated factors.

Method

Using a cross-sectional study design, we collected data on 4112 pairs of HBsAg-positive mothers and their children aged 7-22 months in four representative provinces through interviews and medical record review. We tested HBsAg and hepatitis B surf

SUBMITTER: Qiao YP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6681489 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature