Use of polymerase chain reaction and antibody tests in the diagnosis of vertically transmitted hepatitis C virus infection

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 711-719

  Thomas, S L ^a,b   Newell, M L ^b   Peckham, C S ^b   Ades, A E ^b   Hall, A J ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATERNAL ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; SURVIVAL; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, MATERNALLY-ACQUIRED; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; VIREMIA;

EID: 0030687533     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01709250     Document Type: Article

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