Who should be screened for hepatitis B?
A. The American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) recommends that anyone who may be at high risk for hepatitis B virus infection should be tested. This includes people born in areas of the world that have increased rates of hepatitis B infection. Click here to see a complete list of countries The AASLD screening recommendations also include men who have sex with men, anyone who has ever used needles to inject drugs, dialysis patients, people infected with HIV, pregnant women, and family members, household members, and sexual partners of those infected with HBV.
