Hepatitis C infection among pregnant women in British Columbia: Reported prevalence and critical appraisal of current prenatal screening methods

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 98-102

  Blasig, Audrey ^a,b   Wagner, Emily C ^b   Pi, David ^a   Bigham, Mark ^a   Remple, Valencia P ^c   Craib, Kevin J P ^d   Doyle, Patrick ^a   Dobson, Simon ^a   Yoshida, Eric M ^a   Patrick, David ^a   Krajden, Mel ^a   Money, Deborah M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b WOMEN S HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c PFIZER INC   (United States)

^d LANGARA COLLEGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C virus; Mother to child transmission; Pregnancy; Prenatal testing

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955622687     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03404155     Document Type: Article

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