Prenatal Screening for and Prevalence of Hepatitis B Surface Antigen in Pregnant Women and Prevention of Transmission to Infants Born to Infected Mothers—Guam, 2014 | Zendy

Winston E. Abara | Zendy; Susan Cha | Zendy; Tasneem Malik | Zendy; Mia S. DeSimone | Zendy; Sarah Schillie | Zendy; Melissa G. Collier | Zendy; Bernadette Schumann | Zendy; Michael Klemme | Zendy; Mary L. Kamb | Zendy

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Prenatal Screening for and Prevalence of Hepatitis B Surface Antigen in Pregnant Women and Prevention of Transmission to Infants Born to Infected Mothers—Guam, 2014

Author(s) -

Winston E. Abara,

Susan Cha,

Tasneem Malik,

Mia S. DeSimone,

Sarah Schillie,

Melissa G. Collier,

Bernadette Schumann,

Michael Klemme,

Mary L. Kamb

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

journal of the pediatric infectious diseases society

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.269

H-Index - 31

eISSN - 2048-7207

pISSN - 2048-7193

DOI - 10.1093/jpids/pix062

Subject(s) - medicine , hbsag , hepatitis b virus , hepatitis b , obstetrics , transmission (telecommunications) , pacific islanders , prenatal care , hbeag , pediatrics , immunology , population , environmental health , virus , electrical engineering , engineering

Perinatal transmission is the major mode of hepatitis B virus (HBV) transmission and drives HBV endemicity in the US territory of Guam. We assessed correlates of prenatal hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) screening and HBsAg positivity among pregnant women and evaluated the care of infants of HBsAg-positive women.

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