Prevalence and risk factors for Hepatitis C and HIV-1 infections among pregnant women in Central Brazil

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Costa, Zelma B ^a   Machado, Gustavo C ^a   Avelino, Mariza M ^a   Filho, Clidenor Gomes ^b,c   Filho, Jose V Macedo ^b,c   Minuzzi, Ana L ^b,c   Turchi, Marilia D ^a   Stefani, Mariane M A ^a   de Souza, Wayner Vieira ^d   Martelli, Celina M T ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^b Health State Secretariat   (Brazil)

^c APAE   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAZIL; CESAREAN SECTION; COUNSELING; DELIVERY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MIXED INFECTION; NEGRO; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL SCREENING; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY; ADOLESCENT; AGE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MASS SCREENING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; VIROLOGY; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68849125248     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-9-116     Document Type: Article

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