Publications by authors named "Zong-Da Meng"

Objective: To study the outcome of hepatitis C virus (HCV) vertical transmitted infants.

Methods: Thirteen HCV vertical infected infants were followed up for 10 years. HCV antibody and HCV RNA in the blood samples from them were tested using second generation HCV antibody EIA kits and RT-PCR, respectively.

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Objective: To determine the efficacy of recombinant hepatitis B (rHB) vaccine and low-dose hepatitis B immune globulin (HBIG) in the prevention of mother-infant transmission of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection.

Methods: rHB vaccine was administered to two groups of healthy neonates born to mothers with both hepatitis B surface antigen and e antigen positive in Guangxi, Hunan and Hebei province. Two hundred eighty-nine subjects were included in active immunization group, receiving triple doses of rHB vaccine given i.

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AIM:To investigate the protective efficacy of H2 strain attenuated live hepatitis A vaccines (H2-strain vaccines) in hepatitis A (HA) outbreaks.METHODS:With the permission of their parents, 5551 pre-school and grade 1-3 primary school children were inoculated with 1 dose (10(6.5) TCID(50)) of H2 strain vaccines in a nonrandomized, controlled trial conducted in Fucheng County, Hebei Province in May 1997.

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AIM:To understand the anti HBs persistence and the long-term preventive efficacy in rural newborns after vaccination with plasma-derived hepatitis B vaccine.METHODS:In the time of expanded program on immunization (EPI), the newborns were vaccinated with 10&mgr;gcenter dot3 doses of hepatitis B vaccine and 762 newborns who were HBsAg negative after primary immunization were selected for cohort observation from 1986 to 1998. Their serum samples were detected qualitatively and quantitatively for hepatitis B infecting markers, including HBsAg, anti-HBs and anti-HBc by SPRIA Kits.

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