HCV prevalence in pregnant women in the UK

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 399-405

  Ades, A E ^a,c   Parker, S ^b   Walker, J ^a   Cubitt, W D ^b   Jones, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER; NEWBORN INFECTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0033675394     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268899004598     Document Type: Article

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