A prospective study on mother-to-infant transmission of hepatitis C virus

Intervirology

Volumn 41, Issue 4-5, 1998, Pages 208-212

  Zanetti, Alessandro R ^a   Tanzi, Elisabetta ^a   Romanò, Luisa ^a   Zuin, Giovanna ^a   Minola, Eliseo ^b   Vecchi, Laura ^c   Principi, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

^c SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C virus RNA; Hepatitis C virus transmission; Vertical perinatal transmission

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; DELIVERY; FEEDING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RNA, VIRAL;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0032456888     PISSN: 03005526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000024938     Document Type: Article

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