Obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive medicine guidelines

Maternal and neonatal infections

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Hepatitis in pregnancy and newborn

Australia

• Women & Newborn Health Service - Western Australia
  • Hepatitis B in Pregnancy [2008]

Canada

• Canadian Paediatric Society
  • Vertical transmission of the hepatitis C virus: Current knowledge and issues [2008]

• Perinatal Services BC
  • Hepatitis C in the Perinatal Period [2003]

• Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada
  • The Reproductive Care of Women Living With Hepatitis C Infection [2000]

International

• Cochrane Library
  • Caesarean section versus vaginal delivery for preventing mother to infant hepatitis C virus transmission

New Zealand

• Auckland District Health Board
  • Hepatitis B Vaccination [2006]
  • Hepatitis C - Maternal Infection and Vertical Transmission [2003]

United Kingdom

• Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
  • Hepatitis B in pregnancy - query bank [2012]
  • Hepatitis B in labour - query bank [2011]

United States of America

• National Guideline Clearinghouse
  • Screening for hepatitis B virus infection in pregnancy: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force reaffirmation recommendation statement [2009]
  • Viral hepatitis in pregnancy. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists [2007]

• U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
  • Screening: Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Pregnancy [2009]

Articles in journals

• British Medical Journal
  • Effect of hepatitis B immunisation in newborn infants of mothers positive for hepatitis B surface antigen: systematic review and meta-analysis [2006]

• Bulletin of the World Health Organization
  • Improving birth dose coverage of hepatitis B vaccine [2006]

• Canadian Family Physician
  • Paternal use of ribavirin–interferon alpha 2B combination therapy before conception [2005]

• Canadian Medical Association Journal
  • Impact of universal preadolescent vaccination against hepatitis B on antenatal seroprevalence of hepatitis B markers in British Columbia women [2003]

• Indian Journal of Medical Research
  • Prevalence & risk factors for hepatitis C virus among pregnant women [2007]

• Liver International
  • Hepatitis E and Pregnancy- Understanding the pathogenesis [2008]

• Medical Journal of Australia
  • The silent infection: should we be testing for perinatal hepatitis C and, if so, how? [2006]

• Virology Journal
  • Elective caesarean section versus vaginal delivery for preventing mother to child transmission of hepatitis B virus--a systematic review [2008]

• World Journal of Gastroenterology
  • Breastfeeding and chronic HBV infection: Clinical and social implications [2010]

{Related topics}

• Guidelines
  • Neonatal infections
  • Infections in pregnancy
  • Hepatitis