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Who Should Get Tested for Hepatitis B?

If you can answer yes to any of these questions, it is a good idea to get a test:

Are you pregnant? All pregnant women should get the test for Hepatitis B.
Did your mother have Hepatitis B when you were born?
Do you need chemotherapy or immunosuppressive therapy?
Have you ever been on dialysis?
Have you ever been stuck with a needle or been exposed to someone's blood while on the job?
Have you ever used a razor, toothbrush, or other household item that may have had blood or sexual fluids on it?
Have you been diagnosed with HIV or any STD?
Are you a man who has sex with men?
Have you had sex with more than one partner in a 6-month period?
Have you ever injected drugs or shared any drug use equipment (needles, cookers, cotton, straws, pipes)?
Have you ever been incarcerated?
Did you ever get a tattoo or piercing anywhere other than a licensed business?
Do you have abnormal liver tests for an unknown reason?
Have you ever been told you have Hepatitis?

Geography:
Were you born in one of the following areas of the world?
Were either of your parents born in one of the following areas of the world?
Do you live with someone from one of the following countries of the world?
Do you travel to one of the following countries?

Map courtesy of CDC

Africa:	all countries
Asia:	all countries
Australia & South Pacific:	all countries except Australia and New Zealand
Middle East:	all countries except Cyprus and Israel
Eastern Europe:	all countries except Hungary
Western Europe:	Malta, Spain, and indigenous populations in Greenland
North America:	Alaska Natives and indigenous populations in Northern Canada:
Central America:	Guatemala and Honduras
South America:	Ecuador, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela, and Amazonian areas of Bolivia, Brazil, Columbia, and Peru
Caribbean:	Antigua-Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Kitts-Nevis, St. Lucia, and Turks and Caicos Islands

Last Updated: January 30, 2012