Occurrence of hepatitis B in pregnant women and follow-up of exposed children in the State of São Paulo, Brazil, in 2012.

Autor: Farias NSO; Centro de Vigilância Epidemiológica 'Professor Alexandre Vranjac', Secretaria de Estado da Saúde, São Paulo, SP, Brazil., Holcman MM; Superintendência de Controle de Endemias do Estado de São Paulo, Secretaria de Estado da Saúde, São Paulo, SP, Brazil., Compri AP; Instituto Adolfo Lutz, Secretaria de Estado da Saúde, São Paulo, SP, Brazil., Silva CRCD; Divisão de Vigilância Epidemiológica, Secretaria Municipal da Saúde, São Paulo, SP, Brazil., Figueiredo GM; Instituto de Medicina Tropical, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil., Moreira RC; Instituto Adolfo Lutz, Secretaria de Estado da Saúde, São Paulo, SP, Brazil., Pinho MER; Divisão de Vigilância Epidemiológica, Secretaria Municipal da Saúde, São Paulo, SP, Brazil., Bersusa AAS; Superintendência de Controle de Endemias do Estado de São Paulo, Secretaria de Estado da Saúde, São Paulo, SP, Brazil., Coelho DM; Centro de Vigilância Epidemiológica 'Professor Alexandre Vranjac', Secretaria de Estado da Saúde, São Paulo, SP, Brazil., Koizumi IK; Centro de Vigilância Epidemiológica 'Professor Alexandre Vranjac', Secretaria de Estado da Saúde, São Paulo, SP, Brazil., Sato HK; Centro de Vigilância Epidemiológica 'Professor Alexandre Vranjac', Secretaria de Estado da Saúde, São Paulo, SP, Brazil., Araujo NVDL; Centro de Vigilância Epidemiológica 'Professor Alexandre Vranjac', Secretaria de Estado da Saúde, São Paulo, SP, Brazil., Caminada S; Centro de Vigilância Epidemiológica 'Professor Alexandre Vranjac', Secretaria de Estado da Saúde, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Jazyk: English; Portuguese
Zdroj: Epidemiologia e servicos de saude : revista do Sistema Unico de Saude do Brasil [Epidemiol Serv Saude] 2020; Vol. 29 (2), pp. e2019443. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 May 08.
DOI: 10.5123/s1679-49742020000200018
Abstrakt: Objective: to describe the occurrence of hepatitis B among pregnant women, immunoprophylaxis and vertical and perinatal transmission in children exposed to the virus in the São Paulo state primary care network, Brazil.
Methods: this was a cross-sectional study using prenatal records of pregnant women attending health services between January and June 2012 and a cohort of newborns; the frequencies of the results were described and the estimated occurrence of hepatitis B was calculated.
Results: 6,233 pregnant women were included, of whom 53.1% were between 20-29 years old, 58.7% had 8-11 years of schooling, 53.3% were white, and 73.9% lived with a partner; occurrence of hepatitis B was 0.13% (95%CI 0.04; 0.21); of the eight children of mothers with chronic hepatitis B, six had a complete vaccination schedule, and there was no vertical or perinatal transmission.
Conclusion: there was low occurrence of hepatitis B in pregnant women and absence of vertical or perinatal transmission.
Databáze: MEDLINE