Elective cesarean section and bottle-feeding do not reduce infection of hepatitis B in infants of high viremic mothers: a retrospective study
With timely immunoprophylaxis, ECS and bottle-feeding cannot reduce MTCT of HBV in infants born to high viremic mothers without antiviral therapy. ECS or bottle-feeding should not be recommended for the prevention of perinatal HBV infection.
Authors
- Yimin Dai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5266-1797)
- Yali Hu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5475-7840)
- Hongyu Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-5718-5732)
- Yi‐Hua Zhou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8880-0392)
Institutions
- Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
- Published
- 2025-04-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-025-07606-z
- Primary Topic
- Hepatitis B Virus Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Government of Jiangsu Province
- Jiangsu Science and Technology Department