Vertical transmission of hepatitis C virus in New Zealand

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 110, Issue 1043, 1997, Pages 165-167

  Croxson, Margaret ^a,b   Couper, Anne ^a   Voss, Lesley ^a   Groves, Denise ^a   Gunn, Tania ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BREAST MILK; CHEMISTRY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETICS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; NEWBORN; SERODIAGNOSIS; VIREMIA;

ADULT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MILK, HUMAN; NEW ZEALAND; RNA, VIRAL; VIREMIA;

EID: 0031560688     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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