Vertical transmission of hepatitis C virus in low-risk pregnant women

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 116-120

  Pipan, C ^a   Amici, S ^a   Astori, G ^a   Ceci, G P ^a   Botta, G A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, MATERNALLY-ACQUIRED; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RNA, VIRAL; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 0029933164     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01591483     Document Type: Article

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