The impact of mode of acquisition on biological markers of paediatric hepatitis C virus infection

Journal of Viral Hepatitis

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 533-541

  England, K ^a   Thorne, C ^a   Harris, H ^b   Ramsay, M ^b   Newell, M L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

biological markers; children; hepatitis C virus; mode of acquisition

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ACCURACY; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CHILD; DISEASE COURSE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS C; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; VIREMIA;

ADOLESCENT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; INTERFERON-ALPHA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; RNA, VIRAL; SEX RATIO; VIREMIA;

EID: 79960699194     PISSN: 13520504     EISSN: 13652893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2893.2011.01128.x     Document Type: Article

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