{Reference Type}: Journal Article
{Title}: Hepatitis B Viral Markers in the Human Milk of HBsAg-Positive Mothers: An Observational Study.
{Author}: Huang H;Ning M;Feng J;Chen J;Dai Y;Hu Y;Zhou YH;
{Journal}: J Hum Lact
{Volume}: 0
{Issue}: 0
{Year}: Sep 2021 8
{Factor}: 2.665
{DOI}: 10.1177/08903344211043066
{Abstract}: UNASSIGNED: Quantification of viral antigens and viral loads in human milk samples from mothers infected with hepatitis B virus is largely unknown.
UNASSIGNED: The aim of the study was to quantitatively measure the levels of viral antigens and deoxyribonucleic acid of hepatitis B virus in human milk from mothers infected with hepatitis B virus.
UNASSIGNED: Fifty-five pairs of milk and serum samples from mothers with positive hepatitis B surface antigen, including 11 hepatitis B e antigen positive, were quantitatively tested to measure viral antigens by microparticle enzyme immunoassay and viral loads by real-time polymerase chain reaction assay.
UNASSIGNED: The median level of hepatitis B surface antigen in the human milk samples of mothers with positive or negative hepatitis B e antigen was each lower than that in the sera, respectively (1.10 vs. 4.32 log10 IU/ml, t = 10.693, p < .001; -0.77 vs. 2.53 log10 IU/ml, t = -25.135, p < .001). The titers of hepatitis B surface antigen or hepatitis B e antigen in the human milk samples were each correlated with that in maternal serum. The detectable level of deoxyribonucleic acid of hepatitis B virus in human milk ranged from 1.42-5.27 log10 IU/ml, whereas that in maternal sera was 1.44-8.66 log10 IU/ml. The viral level in human milk was not correlated with that in maternal circulation.
UNASSIGNED: The present study data illustrate the relatively low titers of viral markers in the milk of mothers with positive hepatitis B surface antigen.