Screening for Hepatitis B Infection in Pregnant Women: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force

Jillian T Henderson; Elizabeth M Webber; Sarah I Bean

doi:10.1001/jama.2019.1655

Screening for Hepatitis B Infection in Pregnant Women: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force

JAMA. 2019 Jul 23;322(4):360-362. doi: 10.1001/jama.2019.1655.

Authors

Jillian T Henderson¹, Elizabeth M Webber¹, Sarah I Bean¹

Affiliation

¹ Kaiser Permanente Research Affiliates Evidence-based Practice Center, Center for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente, Portland, Oregon.

Abstract

This systematic review to support the 2019 US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement on screening for hepatitis B infection in pregnant women summarizes published evidence on the benefits and harms of hepatitis B infection screening and case management in pregnant women.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Systematic Review

MeSH terms

Case Management
Female
Hepatitis B / diagnosis*
Hepatitis B / prevention & control
Hepatitis B / transmission
Humans
Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical / prevention & control*
Mass Screening*
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / diagnosis*
Prenatal Care