Geographic origin and risk for congenital infection in a Canadian inner city: findings and implications for policy.

This study examines associations between geographic origin and risk for congenital infections, through a chart review of women from the St. James Town area of Toronto delivering at Wellesley Hospital in 1996. Foreign-born women (n = 203) were significantly less likely than Canadian-born women (n = 53) to be HBsAg negative (187/193 vs.