[Selective screening for hepatitis B in pregnant women in Denmark].

Introduction: The objective of this study was to evaluate the implementation of the present Danish selective screening strategy for possible hepatitis B infection in pregnant women who themselves or whose partners originate from medium- or high-endemic hepatitis B areas of the world. We also investigated whether children of hepatitis B carriers were treated with immunoglobulin and vaccination.

Materials And Methods: We did a retrospective study of 1,924 birth notification forms of women who had delivered between 1 January and 30 June 2000 in Frederiksborg County, Denmark.