A significan sex—but not elective cesarean section—effect on mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis C virus infection

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1872-1879

  Amoroso, A ^a   Asensi Botet, F ^b   Pereda, A ^b   Balossini, V ^c   Bona, G ^c   Zaffaroni, M ^c   Bandelloni, A ^d   Coscia, A ^d   Fabris, C ^d   Aime, S ^d   Belloni, C ^e   Bossi, G ^e   Salati, B ^e   Boucher, C ^f   Buffolano, W ^g   Butler, K ^h   Cabero Roura, L ⁱ   Bertran Sanges, J M ⁱ   Cigna, P ^j   Ciria, L M ^k   Servera Ginard, C ^k   Claret Teruel, G ^l   Fortuny, C ^l   Coll, O ^m   Corrias, A ⁿ   Ledda, R ⁿ   Floris, S ⁿ   De Maria, A ^o   Echeverria, J ^p   Cilla, G ^p   Lanari, M ^q   Tridapalli, E ^q   Venturi, V ^q   Faldella, G ^q   Fischler, B ^r   Bohlin, A B ^r   Lindgren, S ^r   Lindh, G ^r   Giacomet, V ^s   Merlo, M ^s   Figini, C ^s   Erba, P ^s   Vigano A ^s   Hannam, S ^t   Mieli Vergani, G ^t   Hatzakis, A ^u   Inchley, C ^v   Fjaerli, H O ^v   Maccabruni, A ^w   Marcellini, M ^x   Sartorelli, M R ^x   Martin Fontelos, P ^y   Mazza, A ^z   Mok, J Y Q ^aa   Mur A ^ab   Vinolas M ^ab   Paternoster, D M ^ac   Grella, P ^ac   Polywka, S ^ad   Quinti, I ^ae   Casadei, A M ^ae   Rojahn, A ^af   Berg, A ^af   Rosso, R ^o   Ferrando, S ^o   Bassetti, D ^o   Ruiz Contreras, J ^ag   Manzanares, A ^ag   Ruiz Extremera, A ^ah   Salvini, F ^ai   Zuccotti, G V ^ai   Schmitz, T ^aj   Grosch Worner I ^aj   Feiterna Sperling, C ^aj   Piening, T ^aj   Vegnente, A ^g   Iorio, R ^g   Versace, A ^d   Garetto, S ^d   Lazier, L ^d   Bressio, S ^d   Riva, C ^d   Alfarano, A ^d   Wejstal, R ^ak   Norkrans, G ^ak   Zanetti, A ^al   Tanzi, E ^al   Tovo, Pier Angelo ^d   Pembrey, Lucy ^am   Newell, Marie Louise ^am   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^e FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^h OUR LADY S CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

ⁱ HOSPITAL MATERNO INFANTIL VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^j REGINA MARGHERITA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^k HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SON ESPASES   (Spain)

^l HOSPITAL SANT JOAN DE DÉU   (Spain)

^m HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

ⁿ Servizio di Puericultura   (Italy)

^o UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^p HOSPITAL DONOSTIA   (Spain)

^q UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^r KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^s UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^t KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^u UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^v AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^w UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^x BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^y INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^z SANTA CHIARA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^aa ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^ab UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^ac Istituto di Ginecologia e Ostetricia   (Italy)

^ad UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^ae SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^af ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^ag HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

^ah HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SAN CECILIO   (Spain)

^ai Ospedale San Paolo   (Italy)

^aj CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^ak SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^al UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^am UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTECTION; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIREMIA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 27944447629     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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