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Hepatitis B screening in a New York City obstetrics service.

Author(s) -

Stephen Friedman,

Leel Desilva,

Hannah Fox,

G Bernard

Publication year - 1988

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.78.3.308

Subject(s) - medicine , obstetrics , hepatitis b virus , hepatitis b , serology , family medicine , virology , immunology , virus , antibody

A cross-sectional chart review study was performed of hepatitis B virus (HBV) surface antigen screening of 532 women admitted to a New York City hospital obstetrics service from 1984 to 1985. Comparison of serologic results to risk factors for hepatitis B revealed that women born outside the United States and those with a positive test for or history of a sexually transmitted disease were more likely to be infected with HBV. Obstetric clinics with large immigrant populations should consider screening all patients for HBV.

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