Vertical transmission of hepatitis C virus in a hospital in Southern Brazil

Arquivos de Gastroenterologia

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 84-87

  Peixoto, Mário Ferreira ^a   De Mattos, Angelo Alves ^b,c   Remião, José Oscar Dos Reis ^b   Alexandre, Cláudio Osmar Pereira ^b   De Lemos, Sibele Krebs ^b   De Azevedo, Ana Maria Ponzio ^b  

^a HOSPITAL NOSSA SENHORA DA CONCEIÇÃO   (Brazil)

^b Fundação Faculdade de Ciências Médicas de Porto Alegre   (Brazil)

^c Curso de Pos Grad em Hepatologia   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAZIL; CHILD; DNA DETERMINATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; SCREENING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS LOAD;

EID: 7044260300     PISSN: 00042803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-28032004000200003     Document Type: Article

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