RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Should hepatitis B surface antigen positive mothers breast feed?
JF Archives of Disease in Childhood
JO Arch Dis Child
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP 972
OP 974
DO 10.1136/adc.60.10.972
VO 60
IS 10
A1 M de Martino
A1 C Appendino
A1 M Resti
A1 M E Rossi
A1 A T Muccioli
A1 A Vierucci
YR 1985
UL http://adc.bmj.com/content/60/10/972.abstract
AB Breast fed infants may be at greater risk of mother to infant hepatitis B virus infection compared with formula fed infants. We studied 85 infants born to 84 hepatitis B surface antigen positive mothers (only two of whom were hepatitis B e positive), and who had received immunisation against hepatitis B virus. Our results indicate that breast feeding does not increase the risk of developing hepatitis B virus infection in infants born to these mothers if immunisation is carried out.