Maternal drug use is a preeminent risk factor for mother-to-child hepatitis C virus transmission: Results from a multicenter study of 1372 mother-infant pairs

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 185, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 567-572

  Resti, Massimo ^a   Azzari, Chiara ^a   Galli, Luisa ^b   Zuin, Giovanna ^c   Giacchino, Raffaella ^d   Bortolotti, Flavia ^e   Marcellini, Matilde ^f   Moriondo, Maria ^a   De Martino, Maurizio ^b   Vierucci, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^f Bambin Gesù Pediatric Cardiology Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; SUPERINFECTION; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 0036498742     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/339013     Document Type: Article

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