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For a child born to a mother who is infected with hepatitis B, the same combination of vaccine series and immune globulin is given, usually within twelve hours of birth. This treatment has a high rate of success in preventing the child from becoming infected with hepatitis B, decreasing the likelihood of infection from 80 percent to 5-15 percent. All pregnant women should be tested to determine their hepatitis B status, so that their newborns can be tested and treated if they have been exposed.

Besides vaccination, the other method to help prevent the transmission of hepatitis B through sexual contacts is to use condoms or other barriers for oral, anal, and genital intercourse if a partner’s status for hepatitis B (and other STDs) is not known. However, since condoms can break or may be used improperly, they should not be relied on as the sole means of preventing infection. Women who have sex with other women can transmit the virus through oral sex and exchange of vaginal secretions. Dental dams or plastic wrap may decrease the risk of infection in such cases.

All partners of these found to be infected with hepatitis B should be immunized.

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