Hepatitis B in pregnant women: World Hepatitis Day

...blood or other body fluids of an infected person (for example, through sex or injecting drug use) Most adults infected with hepatitis B will get rid of the infection spontaneously....
Heather is coordinator for the national audit of hepatitis B in pregnancy. She is based at UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London.
...blood or other body fluids of an infected person (for example, through sex or injecting drug use) Most adults infected with hepatitis B will get rid of the infection spontaneously....
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