Perinatal Hepatitis B Prevention Program

Contacts

Perinatal Hepatitis B Coordinator List
Maintained by CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases

Quarterly Conference Calls

CDC holds quarterly calls to provide updates and education about the Perinatal Hepatitis B prevention program. Upcoming calls are at 2:00 to 3:30 pm (EST).

• January 8, 2025
• April 9, 2025
• July 9, 2025
• October 8, 2025

Call-related materials will be distributed approximately 1 week prior to the scheduled call.

Program Forms

CDC Case Transfer Form

Word [1 page] | PDF [1 page]

ACIP Hepatitis B Recommendations

• Prevention of Hepatitis B Virus Infection in the United States: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization PracticesSarah Schillie, MD; Claudia Vellozzi, MD; Arthur Reingold, MD; et al.MMWR, January 12, 2018, Vol 67,(1);1-31

• PDF version [36 pages]

Published research

Articles Generated from Program Data

• Alaya Koneru , Nancy Fenlon , Sarah Schillie, Charnetta Williams, Mark K Weng, Noele Nelson. National Perinatal Hepatitis B Prevention Program: 2009-2017. Pediatrics. 2021 Mar;147(3):e20201823. doi: 10.1542/peds.2020-1823. Epub 2021 Feb 2.
• Schillie S, Walker T, Veselsky S, Crowley S, Dusek C, Lazaroff J, Morris SA, Onye K, Ko S, Fenlon N, Nelson NP, Murphy TV. Outcomes of infants born to women infected with hepatitis B. Pediatrics. 2015 May;135(5):e1141-7. doi: 10.1542/peds.2014-3213. Epub 2015 Apr 20. PubMed PMID: 25896839.
• Ko SC, Fan L, Smith EA, Fenlon N, Koneru AK, Murphy TV. Estimated Annual Perinatal Hepatitis B Virus Infections in the United States, 2000-2009. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2014 Dec 18. pii: piu115. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 26407247.
• Veselsky SL, Walker TY, Fenlon N, Teo C, Murphy TV. Discrepant hepatitis B surface antigen results in pregnant women screened to identify hepatitis B virus infection. Pediatrics. 2014 October; 165(4): 773-778.
• Ko SC, Schillie SF, Walker T, Veselsky SL, Nelson NP, Lazaroff J, Crowley S, Dusek C, Loggins K, Onye K, Fenlon N, Murphy TV. Hepatitis B vaccine response among infants born to hepatitis B surface antigen-positive women. Vaccine. 2014 Apr 11;32(18):2127-33. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2014.01.099. Epub 2014 Feb 22. PubMed PMID: 24560676.
• Smith EA, Jacques-Carroll L, Walker TY, Sirotkin B, and Murphy TV. The National Perinatal Hepatitis B Prevention Program, 1994–2008 [10 pages] Pediatrics. 2012 April; 129(4): 609-615.

Resources

Program Developed Resources

• Minnesota Hepatitis B videos
• Michigan Department of Community Health — Perinatal Hepatitis B Prevention Program Manual

CDC Resources

• OB provider hepatitis B management tip sheet
• Discrepant Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) lab results during pregnancy: recommended next steps [4 pages]
• Hepatitis B Immune Globulin (HBIG): What Parents Need to Know [1 page]
• Pedatric provider hepatitis B tip sheet [2 pages]
• Hepatitis B Transmission
• Laboratory reporting of HBsAg-positive pregnant women

Additional Resources

• Maternal Hepatitis B Screening and Reporting Requirements (by State)
• Hepatitis B Vaccine at Birth Immunization Action Coalition
• HEP B Foundation #Just B Storytelling Campaign
  • Alan, a story of how HBV can be passed through generations of a family without proper precautions
  • Alice, English and Cantonese, a story of a woman who was infected by her mom, but was able to stop the transmission to her own kids by getting tested when pregnant and making sure her kids got PEP
  • Chenda, English and Khmer, a story of a woman who stopped transmission to her own baby by making sure her child got PEP
  • Janet and Kurt – adoption story of a baby born to an HBsAg+ mom, who was given PEP at birth and is HBV free!
• AAP Birth dose video