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Hepatitis B in the Perinatal Period

  • Rebecca A. M. Pierce-Williams
  • Jeanne S. SheffieldEmail author
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Abstract

Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a significant threat to public health, with an estimated 240 million people living with the disease worldwide (http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs204/en/). HBV and the associated complications, such as cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma, cause >600,000 deaths yearly (GBD 2013 Mortality and Causes of Death Collaborators, Lancet 385:117–71, 2015). Since the development of the HBV vaccine in the 1980s, new cases have decreased, yet the disease remains a global health concern, especially due to high rates of mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) in many countries (http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs204/en/). The focus of this chapter is to explore the current management of hepatitis B in pregnancy, with an emphasis on treatment and prevention of transmission to the neonate.

Keywords

Hepatitis B Immune globulin Infant Prophylaxis Vaccine 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Rebecca A. M. Pierce-Williams
    • 1
  • Jeanne S. Sheffield
    • 2
    Email author
  1. 1.Department of Obstetrics and GynecologySinai Hospital of BaltimoreBaltimoreUSA
  2. 2.Department of Obstetrics and GynecologyJohns Hopkins UniversityBaltimoreUSA

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