| Author | Lewis-Ximenez, Lia-Laura | |
| Author | Peliganga, Luis Baião | |
| Access date | 2023-06-05T18:32:00Z | |
| Available date | 2023-06-05T18:32:00Z | |
| Document date | 2023 | |
| Citation | LEWIS-XIMENEZ, Lia Laura; PELIGANGA, Luis Baião. Selective or universal hepatitis B birth dose in sub-Saharan Africa?. The Lancet, v. 11, p. 1-2, May 2023. | en_US |
| ISSN | 1474-547X | en_US |
| URI | https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/58929 | |
| Description | Afifa Ansar and colleagues1 in The Lancet Global
Health suggest targeting the hepatitis B birth dose
(HepB-BD) in sub-Saharan Africa to only infants born to
hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg)-positive mothers
or those whose mothers were not tested for hepatitis
B virus (HBV) infection. This suggestion is based on a
systematic review and meta-analysis by the authors
in which they did not find a statistical difference for
the risk of infant HBV infection when mothers were
HBV negative, whether infants received a birth dose
(HepB-BD) or a first dose of hepatitis B vaccine only at
age 6 weeks. We would like to suggest that these results
are not sufficient to revise the current WHO universal
Hep-BD vaccine recommendation........ | en_US |
| Language | eng | en_US |
| Publisher | The Lancet | en_US |
| Rights | open access | |
| Subject in Portuguese | Dose seletiva ou universal para hepatite B | en_US |
| Subject in Portuguese | África Subsaariana | en_US |
| Subject in Portuguese | Crianças nascidas de mães positivas para o antígeno de superfície da hepatite B (HBsAg) | en_US |
| Subject in Portuguese | Ou aqueles cujas mães não foram testadas para infecção pelo vírus da hepatite B (HBV). | en_US |
| Title | Selective or universal hepatitis B birth dose in sub-Saharan Africa? | en_US |
| Type | Article | |
| Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Hepatites Virais. Ambulatório de Hepatites Virais. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | en_US |
| Affilliation | Ministério da Saúde de Luanda. Universidade Agostinho Neto. Faculdade de Medicina. Departamento de Investigação de Medicina Interna. Luanda, Angola. | en_US |
| Subject | Selective or Universal hepatitis B dose | en_US |
| Subject | Sub-Saharan Africa | en_US |
| Subject | Infants born to hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg)-positive mothers | en_US |
| Subject | Or those whose mothers were not tested for hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. | en_US |
