Characteristics of women presenting with hepatitis B at antenatal care services in London, 2008–2018

Abstract Background To support interventions to prevent mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis B and fill gaps in surveillance, the Enhanced Surveillance of Antenatal Hepatitis B (ESAHB) programme was implemented in London from 2008 to 2018 to collect demographic information on women who tested p...

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Published in:Journal of public health (Oxford, England) England), 2023-08, Vol.45 (3), p.584-592
Main Authors: Wilson, A, Anderson, C, Mindlin, M, Sawyer, C, Verlander, N Q, Hiironen, I, Forde, J, Paranthaman, K, Chandra, N L
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Language:English
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Summary:Abstract Background To support interventions to prevent mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis B and fill gaps in surveillance, the Enhanced Surveillance of Antenatal Hepatitis B (ESAHB) programme was implemented in London from 2008 to 2018 to collect demographic information on women who tested positive for hepatitis B during antenatal screening. We describe the epidemiology of hepatitis B in pregnancy, as reported to ESAHB. Methods The characteristics of pregnant women living with hepatitis B were described and rates were calculated by year, local authority and residence deprivation decile (1 being most deprived). Poisson regression tested the association between pregnant women living with hepatitis B and deprivation decile. Results Between 2008 and 2018, 8879 women living with hepatitis B in London (0.35 per 1000 women) reported 11 193 pregnancies. Annual hepatitis B rates remained stable, but there was strong evidence for an inverse association between rate and deprivation decile (P 
ISSN:1741-3842
1741-3850
DOI:10.1093/pubmed/fdad031