Presence of entry receptors and viral markers suggest a low level of placental replication of hepatitis B virus in a proportion of pregnant women infected with chronic hepatitis B

Presence of entry receptors and viral markers suggest a low level of placental replication of hepatitis B virus in a proportion of pregnant women infected with chronic hepatitis B

Abstract The transplacental route of vertical transmission of Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) has been known for over a decade. Here we present evidence which suggest HBV can replicate in placenta. Forty-one HBsAg positive and 10 control pregnant women were enrolled in the study after obtaining informed con...

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Main Authors: Garima Garg, M. N. Meenu, Kajal Patel, Ravinder Singh, Priyal Gupta, Shashank Purwar, Sramana Mukhopadhyay, Nitu Mishra, Sudheer Gupta, Sumit Kumar Rawat, Harsh Goel, Rahul Kumar, Pranay Tanwar, Jitendra Singh, Shashwati Nema, Debasis Biswas, Nirupma Trehanpati, Anirudh K. Singh, Ashish Kumar Vyas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-10-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-22699-8

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-22699-8

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