Using the quantitative determination of HBsAg to predict the course of chronic hepatitis B in women during pregnancy and after childbirth
This study is based on the investigation of 31 HBV-infected women, which have observed at Botkin Infectious Hospital in 2012. Considerable variations of viral load in the course of pregnancy have been observed in the HBV cohort. In the course of pregnancy the HBsAg level does not vary too much. A high HBsAg level in the HBV cohort can be used as a predictive factor of exacerbation after delivery.