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LIVER INTERNATIONAL
Volume 42, Issue 8, Pages 1712-1730Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/liv.15249
Keywords
CHB; HBV; perinatal transmission; pregnancy; tenofovir disoproxil fumarate
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Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a global health problem, and vertical transmission is the main route of infection. Traditional immunoprophylaxis methods are effective, but may fail in pregnant women with high viral load. Therefore, pregnant women with high viral load are recommended to receive antiviral treatment in late pregnancy to prevent infant infection. However, maternal immunological reconstitution after childbirth may exacerbate immune responses to viral antigens.
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a global health problem. Vertical transmission of HBV from HBV surface antigen (HBsAg)-positive mothers to their infants is the most common cause of HBV infection worldwide. The use of passive-active immunoprophylaxis is >90% effective in reducing the risk of vertical transmission, but immunoprophylaxis failure can occur in infants born to mothers with high viraemia. Thus, it is recommended that pregnant women with HBV-DNA level >200 000 IU/ml receive nucleos(t)ide analogue (NA) treatment [i.e. tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF), lamivudine or telbivudine] during third trimester to prevent infant immunoprophylaxis failure. TDF is recommended as the first-line therapy based on available data on efficacy, safety and resistance profile. However, maternal immunological reconstitution following parturition can increase immune-mediated flares to viral antigens that is potentially exacerbated following TDF withdrawal. In this article, we review available data on the efficacy and safety of TDF administration to prevent HBV mother-to-child transmission. We also discuss changes in maternal viral markers [i.e. HBV-DNA, HBV e antigen and HBsAg] and alanine aminotransferase during follow-up post-partum in mothers received NA to prevent HBV vertical transmission.
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