Prospective study of mother-to-infant transmission of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 12-19

  Mazza, Cinzia ^a   Ravaggi, Antonella ^a   Rodella, Anna ^a   Padula, Deborah ^b   Duse, Marzia ^c   Lomini, Manuela ^b   Puoti, Massimo ^c   Rossini, Angelo ^b   Cariani, Elisabetta ^a,d  

^a General Hospital of Brescia   (Italy)

^b BRESCIA CIVIL HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^d III Laboratorio Analisi   (Italy)

Author keywords

HCV genotypes; HCV hypervariable region; HCV RNA titer; HCV HIV coinfection; Paediatric HCV infection; Recombinant immunoblot assay

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUPERINFECTION; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; BASE SEQUENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HIV ANTIBODIES; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0031964787     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199801)54:1<12::AID-JMV3>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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