An epidemiological survey of hepatitis C virus infection in Italian children in decade 1990-1999

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 562-566

  Bortolotti, Flavia ^a,k   Iorio, Raffaele ^b   Resti, Massimo ^c   Verucchi, Gabriella ^d   Giacchino, Raffaella ^e   Vegnente, Angela ^b   Vajro, Pietro ^b   Marazzi, Maria Grazia ^f   Marcellini, Matilde ^g   Barbera, Cristiana ^h   Zuin, Giovanna ⁱ   Zancan, Lucia ^j   Maggiore, Giuseppe ^l  

^a Clinica Medica V   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c Clinica Pediatrica I   (Italy)

^d Clinica Malattie Infettive   (Italy)

^e Ospitale G Gaslini   (Italy)

^f II Clinica Malattie Infettive   (Italy)

^g Ospedale B Geslf6   (Italy)

^h Istituto di Clinica Pediatrica   (Italy)

ⁱ Clinica Pediatrica 4   (Italy)

^j Clinica Pediatrica   (Italy)

^k Clinica Medica V   (Italy)

^l NONE

more..

Author keywords

Children; Epidemiology of HCV infection; Hepatitis C; Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection; Vertical transmission of HCV

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; DRUG ABUSE; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; ITALY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 0034963053     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005176-200105000-00013     Document Type: Article

References (26)

1. The prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection in the United States, 1988 through 1994
2. Prevalence of chronic liver disease in the general population of Northern Italy: The Dionysus Study
3. Low prevalence of anti-HCV antibody among Italian children
4. Mother-to-infant transmission of hepatitis C virus
5. Mother to child transmission of hepatitis C virus: Prospective study of risk factors and timing of infection in children born to women seronegative for HIV 1
6. Transmission of hepatitis C virus to children and husbands by women infected with contaminated anti-D immunoglobulin
7. Risk of HCV infection in siblings of perinatally infected children. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 2000
8. Hepatitis C virus infection in Italian intravenous drug users: Epidemiologic and clinical aspects
9. Post-transfusion chronic hepatitis C in children
10. Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study. The risk of transfusion transmitted viral infections
11. Incidence of transfusion associated B and non-A.non-B hepatitis in Italy
12. Changing epidemiologic pattern of chronic hepatitis C virus infection in Italian children
13. Understanding the dynamics of the HIV epidemic among Italian intravenous drug users: A cross sectional versus a longitudinal approach
14. Post-transfusion and community-acquired hepatitis C in childhood
15. Prevalence and clinical outcome of hepatitis C infection in children who underwent cardiac surgery before the implementation of blood donor screening
16. Pathology of chronic hepatitis C virus infection in childhood
17. Lack of intrafamilial transmission of hepatitis C virus in family members of children with chronic hepatitis C infection
18. Prevalence of anti-HCV among spouses and offspring of anti-HCV positive subjects: An Italian multicenter study
19. Women and infant transmission study. Increased vertical transmission of human immunodeficiency virus from hepatitis C virus coinfected mothers
20. Perinatal transmission of hepatitis C virus from human immunodeficiency virus type 1-infected mothers
21. A review of hepatitis C virus (HCV) vertical transmission: Risks of transmission to infants born to mothers with and without HCV viremia or human immunodeficiency virus infection
22. Prevalence and clinical course of chronic hepatitis C virus infection and rate of HCV vertical transmission in a cohort of 15250 pregnant women
23. Risk factors in community-acquired chronic hepatitis C virus infection: A case-control in Italy
24. Prevalence, risk factors, and genotype distribution of hepatitis C virus infection in the general population: A community-based survey in Southern Italy
25. Recommendations for prevention and control of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and HCV related chronic disease
26. Epidemiology of hepatitis C: Geographic differences and temporal trends