Transmission of hepatitis C virus from infected mother to offspring during subsequent pregnancies

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 491-493

  Resti, Massimo ^a   Bortolotti, Flavia ^b   Azzari, Chiara ^a,d   Giacchino, Raffaella ^c   Zancan, Lucia ^b   Gussetti, Nadia ^d   Vierucci, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^d Department of Paediatrics ^*

Author keywords

Hepatitis C virus; Hepatitis C virus RNA; Risk factor; Sibling; Vertical transmission

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CHILD; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SIBLING; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; INFANT; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 0034075474     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005176-200005000-00006     Document Type: Article

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