ReviewEradicating hepatitis B virus: The critical role of preventing perinatal transmission
This review is dedicated to the memory of the late Robert Palmer Beasley for his role as a mentor, scientist, and leader in the global effort to eradicate hepatitis B.
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Keywords
Chronic HBV infection
Eradication
Escape mutant
Hepatitis B immune globulin
Hepatitis B vaccine
Hepatitis B surface antigen
Mother-to-child transmission
Perinatal HBV infection
Prevention
Abbreviations used
HBV
hepatitis B virus
HBIG
hepatitis B immunoglobulins
HBsAg
hepatitis B surface antigen
HCC
hepatocellular carcinoma
ccc-HBV DNA
covalently closed circular HBV DNA
anti-HBc
hepatitis B core antibodies
HBeAg
hepatitis B e antigen
sG145R
mutation of glycine to arginine at amino acid 145 of HBsAg
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