Mother to child transmission of Hepatitis C Virus in a province of Northern Italy

Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 47-49

  Veronesi, Licia ^a,b   Verrotti Di Pianella, C ^a   Benassi, L ^a   Benaglia, G ^a   Affanni, P ^a   Tanzi, M L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

^b Department of Public Health   (Italy)

Author keywords

Follow up; HCV infection; Vertical transmission

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DELIVERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GESTATION PERIOD; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNITY WARD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING TEST; SEROPREVALENCE; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIREMIA; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ITALY; NEWBORN;

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADULT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; ITALY;

EID: 34848832679     PISSN: 11212233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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