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We described hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) prevalence among 2,347 pregnant women having delivered at the Cayenne hospital in 2007 according to ethnicity. With 11.0% HBsAg prevalence, Asian women (Hmong and Chinese) were the group with the highest risk of hepatitis B virus (HBV) perinatal transmission compared with other ethnic groups.
Authors' addresses: Aba Mahamat, Magalie Demar, and Félix Djossou, Unité des Maladies Infectieuses et Hygiène and Groupe d'Etudes sur les Hépatites Virales, Centre Hospitalier Andrée Rosemon, Cayenne, French Guiana, E-mail: aba.mahamat@ch-cayenne.fr. Dominique Louvel, Groupe d'Etudes sur les Hépatites Virales and Service de Médecine Interne B, Centre Hospitalier Andrée Rosemon, Cayenne, French Guiana. Tania Vaz, Groupe d'Etudes sur les Hépatites Virales and Hôpital de Jour Adultes, Service de Gynécologie-Obstétrique, Centre Hospitalier Andrée Rosemon, Cayenne, French Guiana. Mathieu Nacher, Hôpital de Jour Adultes, Service de Gynécologie-Obstétrique, Centre Hospitalier Andrée Rosemon, Cayenne, French Guiana.