HCV/HIV co-infection, HCV viral load and mode of delivery: Risk factors for mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis C virus?

AIDS

Volumn 21, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 1811-1815

  Mariné Barjoan, Eugènia ^a,b,h   Berrébi, Alain ^c   Giordanengo, Valérie ^b   Favre, Sébastien Fournier ^d   Haas, Hervé ^b   Moreigne, Michel ^e   Izopet, Jacques ^f   Tricoire, Joelle ^c   Tran, Albert ^b   Pradier, Christian ^a,g   Bongain, André ^b  

^a Department of Public Health ^*  (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NICE   (France)

^c TOULOUSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d MONTPELLIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^e Paediatric Service   (France)

^f Virology Laboratory   (France)

^g INSERM   (France)

^h CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE NICE   (France)

Author keywords

Elective caesarean section; HCV mother to child transmission; HCV viral load; HCV HIV co infection; Prospective study; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RNA ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VIREMIA; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RNA, VIRAL; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 34547780824     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e3282703810     Document Type: Article

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