## Abstract Infants born from mothers with multiple bloodβborne viral infections are at risk of multiple transmissions. Whether the risk of transmission of multiple infections increases with the number of viruses infecting the mother is still unknown. The aim of this study was to describe the risk
Mother-to-infant transmission of hepatitis C virus and of other blood-borne viral infections from multi-infected mothers
β Scribed by Giuseppe Indolfi; Maria Moriondo; Cristina Massai; Laura Becciolini; Chiara Azzari; Massimo Resti
- Book ID
- 119228332
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 53 KB
- Volume
- 38
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1590-8658
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