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Table 3 Characteristics of 6 infants who had HBsAg in their umbilical cord blood

From: Residual risk of mother-to-child transmission of HBV despite timely Hepatitis B vaccination: a major challenge to eliminate hepatitis B infection in Cambodia

Cases

Mothers (Venous Blood)

At delivery (umbilical Cord Blood)

Six-month-old infants (DBS)

Age

(year)

Viral load

(copies/mL)

HBeAg

HBsAg

Viral load

(copies/mL)

HBeAg

Anti-HBc

Sex

Vaccinationa

HBIG

received

HBsAg

Viral load

(copies/mL)

HBeAg

Anti-HBc

Anti-HBs

1

30

1.2 × 109

( +)

( +)

1.6 × 106

( +)

( +)

Female

Completed

Yes

( +)

1.8 × 109

( +)

( +)

(-)

2

29

6.7 × 107

( +)

( +)

8.1 × 104

( +)

( +)

Male

Completed

No

(-)

N/A

N/A

(-)

( +)

3

33

9.3 × 105

( +)

( +)

1.6 × 102

( +)

( +)

Female

Completed

No

(-)

N/A

N/A

(-)

( +)

4

33

2.3 × 104

(-)

( +)

Undetermined

(-)

( +)

Female

Completed

No

(-)

N/A

N/A

(-)

(-)

5

24

2.7 × 107

( +)

( +)

Undetermined

( +)

( +)

Female

Lost to Follow-up

6

30

2 × 103

( +)

( +)

Undetermined

( +)

( +)

Male

Completed

No

(-)

N/A

N/A

(-)

( +)

  1. N/A Not applicable
  2. aHepatitis B vaccination at birth within 24 h and pentavalent doses at 6 weeks, 10 weeks, and 14 weeks of age