Figure 1.
Results of the polymerase gene HBV amplification.
The HBV DNA was amplified using a qualitative PCR with a threshold at 3 log UI/mL and the results were correlated with the HBeAg profile in HBsAg-positive pregnant women.
Figure 2.
Serum HBV DNA levels were quantified in 72 consecutive samples with the Abbott Real Time HBV PCR (threshold at 1.7 log IU/mL). HBV target was not detected in 21 patients; viral load was detected in 51 patients, 16 of whom had a viral load greater than 7 log IU/mL.
Figure 3.
Plots of Log IU/mL HBV-DNA according to the HBe status.
Quantification of HBV DNA using the Abbott Real Time HBV PCR: the median of the log IU/mL HBV viral load (solid black bar in the figure) was significantly higher in HBeAg-positive pregnant women than HBeAg-negative ones (8.33 log IU/mL versus 2.05 log IU/mL respectively).