Prevention of Hepatitis B Virus Infection in the United States: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is transmitted via blood or sexual contact. Persons with chronic HBV infection are at increased risk for cirrhosis and liver cancer and require medical care. This report updates and summarizes previously published recommendations from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Pr...

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Published in:MMWR. Recommendations and reports 2018-01, Vol.67 (1), p.1-31
Main Authors: Schillie, Sarah, Vellozzi, Claudia, Reingold, Arthur, Harris, Aaron, Haber, Penina, Ward, John W., Nelson, Noele P.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adolescents
Adult
Adults
Advisory Committees
Antigens
Birth
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S
Child
Child, Preschool
Children
Chronic infection
Cirrhosis
Deoxyribonucleic acid
Disease prevention
Disease transmission
DNA
DNA vaccines
Drug dosages
Epidemiology
Female
Globulins
Health care
Health risks
Health surveillance
Hemodialysis
Hepatitis
Hepatitis B
Hepatitis B - epidemiology
Hepatitis B - prevention & control
Hepatitis B surface antigen
Hepatitis B Vaccines - administration & dosage
Hospitals
Humans
Immunization
Immunization - standards
Immunization Schedule
Immunization, Secondary
Immunoglobulins
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Infants
Infections
Infectious diseases
Liver
Liver cancer
Liver cirrhosis
Liver diseases
Male
Midwifery
Pediatrics
Pregnancy
Prevention
Preventive medicine
Prophylaxis
Public health
Recommendations and Reports
Risk analysis
Risk factors
United States - epidemiology
Vaccination
Vaccines
Viruses
Womens health
Young Adult
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Summary:Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is transmitted via blood or sexual contact. Persons with chronic HBV infection are at increased risk for cirrhosis and liver cancer and require medical care. This report updates and summarizes previously published recommendations from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) and CDC regarding the prevention of HBV infection in the United States. ACIP recommends testing all pregnant women for hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg), and testing HBsAg-positive pregnant women for hepatitis B virus deoxyribonucleic acid (HBV DNA); administration of HepB vaccine and hepatitis B immune globulin (HBIG) for infants born to HBV-infected women within 12 hours of birth, followed by completion of the vaccine series and postvaccination serologic testing; universal hepatitis B vaccination within 24 hours of birth, followed by completion of the vaccine series; and vaccination of children and adolescents aged
ISSN:1057-5987
1545-8601
DOI:10.15585/mmwr.rr6701a1