The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) and local health departments provide case management to infants born to women with hepatitis B infection. Hepatitis B can easily be transmitted from an infected woman to her infant during delivery, to protect the newborn KDHE works with local health departments to ensure the infant:
- Receives 1st dose of hepatitis B vaccine and hepatitis B immunoglobulin (HBIG) within 12 hours of birth
- Complete the full hepatitis B vaccine series
- Received post-vaccine serological testing (PVST)
- PVST includes testing for hepatitis B surface antigen and surface antibody
Kansas Data
Birth Cohort Year | Number of infants born to mothers with hepatitis B infection | Number of infants who tested hepatitis B positive |
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2011 | 47 | 0 |
2012 | 61 | 1 |
2013 | 83 | 0 |
2014 | 59 | 0 |
2015 | 55 | 0 |
2016 | 64 | 0 |
2017 | 56 | 0 |
