Combined vaccination with immunoglobulin in prevention of vertical transmission of HBV from father to baby

Four hundred and five pregnant women whose husbands had positive HBeAg,HBsAg and anti HBc were recruited in the study.Among them.218 women with positive HBsAb were completely randomized into group A and group B,while 187 cases with negative HBsAb formed group C.Women in group A and group C were injected with hepatitis B immunoglobulin(HBIG)before delivery.All newborn babies in 3 groups received routine HCV vaccination.in addition babies in group A and group C also received HBIG iniection within 24 h after birth.The HBV infeetion rate of newborns was 12.1%in group A,12.8%in group B and 23.0%in group C respectively. Key words: Hepatitis B virus;  Vaccination