Accuracy of HCV-RNA PCR tests for diagnosis or exclusion of vertically acquired HCV infection

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 305-310

  Polywka, Susanne ^a   Pembrey, Lucy ^b   Tovo, Pier Angelo ^c   Newell, Marie Louise ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C; Mother to child transmission; Multicenter study; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIREMIA;

AGE FACTORS; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRAL LOAD;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS; NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS;

EID: 31144464759     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.20540     Document Type: Article

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