Maternal Immunity Influences Vertical Transmission of Hepatitis B to Newborns
Ashish Kumar Vyas, Pooja Negi, Sharda Patra, Jaswinder Singh Maras, Gayatri Ramakrishna, Shiv Kumar Sarin, Nirupma Trehanpati – 16 April 2019 – Vertical transmission of hepatitis B virus (HBV) from the mother to the newborn often results in viral persistence. To understand mechanisms of maternofetal HBV transmission, we studied maternal immunity and peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) transcriptome in mothers and newborns.