Is virus B transmit through placenta to fetus

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Can hepatitis B virus be transmitted from mother to fetus?

Without postexposure immunoprophylaxis, approximately 40% of infants born to HBV-infected.
mothers will develop chronic HBV infection.

How you can prevent hepatitis B transmittion from mother to fetus?

HBV transmission can be prevented by identifying HBV-infected pregnant women and providing hepatitis B immune globulin and hepatitis B vaccine to their infants within 12 hours of birth.

How can hepatitis B be transmitted?

• Sexual intercourse
• Blood transmission
• Mother to fetus

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