Mother-to-infant vertical transmission of transfusion transmitted virus in South China

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 404-406

  Xin, Xiao ^a   Xiaoguang, Zhou ^b   Ninghu, Zhu ^c   Youtong, Luo ^a   Liumei, Xu ^d   Boping, Zhou ^d  

^a THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Second Affil Hosp Guangzhou M   (China)

^c Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital   (China)

^d Shenzhen Institute of Liver Diseases   (China)

Author keywords

Genetics; Infant; Nested polymerase chain reaction; Pregnancy; Transfusion transmitted virus; Vertical transmission

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL DISEASE; MATERNAL INFECTION; NESTED POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TORQUE TENO VIRUS; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHINA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; DNA PRIMERS; DNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; TORQUE TENO VIRUS;

EID: 4644252998     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPM.2004.136     Document Type: Article

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