Select the option that is NOT a transmission route for Hepatitis B.

Select the option that is NOT a transmission route for Hepatitis B.

• A. During birth process
• B. Contaminated food/water
• C. IV drug use
• D. Undercooked pork or wild game

Answer: (B)

Hepatitis B is transmitted through blood and body fluids, not by eating or drinking. Infections can occur from the birth process (mother to baby), sharing needles or other equipment that carries infected blood, sexual contact, or exposure to infected blood or body fluids (such as through contaminated medical devices). Food or water contamination is a hallmark transmission route for hepatitis A and hepatitis E, not hepatitis B. Undercooked pork or wild game is also not a typical transmission route for hepatitis B. So the statement describing contaminated food or water as a route is not how hepatitis B spreads.

Hepatitis B is transmitted through blood and body fluids, not by eating or drinking. Infections can occur from the birth process (mother to baby), sharing needles or other equipment that carries infected blood, sexual contact, or exposure to infected blood or body fluids (such as through contaminated medical devices). Food or water contamination is a hallmark transmission route for hepatitis A and hepatitis E, not hepatitis B. Undercooked pork or wild game is also not a typical transmission route for hepatitis B. So the statement describing contaminated food or water as a route is not how hepatitis B spreads.