Mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis C virus: Evidence for preventable peripartum transmission

Lancet

Volumn 356, Issue 9233, 2000, Pages 904-907

  Gibb, D M ^a,c,e   Goodall, R L ^a   Dunn, D T ^a   Healy, M ^b   Neave, P ^c   Cafferkey, M ^d   Butler, K ^d  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROTUNDA HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d OUR LADY S CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^e MRC CLINICAL TRIALS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DELIVERY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; VAGINAL DELIVERY; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0034626073     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(00)02681-7     Document Type: Article

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