Research Article

Transplacental Transfer of Hepatitis B Neutralizing Antibody during Pregnancy in an Animal Model: Implications for Newborn and Maternal Health

Table 2

Serum neutralizing antibody levels (mIU/mL).

DoseNonpregnant controls (range)Mothers (range)Litter (range)

50 IU/kg82 (67–96)****101 (67–129)**47 (11–110)*
100 IU/kg209 (183–231)****169 (114–201)**90 (50–141)*

; ; ; values were derived from posthoc comparisons between 50 and 100 IU/kg groups in each of the cohorts, respectively.