Mother-to-infant transmission of hepatitis C virus: A prospective study
โ Scribed by Takako Matsubara; Ryo Sumazaki; Hitoshi Takita
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 587 KB
- Volume
- 154
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0340-6997
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Seventy-five women with anti-hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibody were enrolled prospectively during pregnancy or at delivery for study of motherto-child transmission of HCV. Twenty-three women were coinfected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Seventy babies were monitored for at least 6 mont
## Abstract Eight women with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection during pregnancy gave birth to 11 children. Five of these children had elevated ALT, but only two had increased levels in more than one sample. All children tested before 6 months of age were positive for antiโHCV at most up to
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