Hepatitis B Transmission

Ways of transmission

The infection with hepatitis B virus occurs when infected blood enters the body of an not infected person. It is also transmitted trough unprotected (without a latex barrier) sex and very commonly from an infected mother to her baby during birth.

There are several groups that have a higher risk of being/getting infected with hepatitis B virus:

• Persons with multiple sex partners or diagnosis of a sexually transmitted disease;
• Infants born to infected mothers;
• Persons who work or are patients in a health care or long-term care facility;
• Persons who have household contacts of chronically infected persons;
• People who received multiple transfusions of blood or blood products;
• Users of the injection drugs;
• Persons that work or are incarcerated in a prison;
• People whose blood could have contact with saliva from a person infected with hepatitis B virus.
• Persons who travel to countries with a high incidence of hepatitis B;
• Men who have sex with men;

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