Impact of maternal HIV coinfection on the vertical transmission of hepatitis C virus: A meta-analysis

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1123-1131

  Polis, Chelsea B ^a   Shah, Snehal N ^a   Johnson, Kristine E ^b   Gupta, Amita ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MATERNAL DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUPERINFECTION; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIREMIA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; INFANT; META ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION;

DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS;

EID: 33947507070     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/512815     Document Type: Article

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