Maternal-fetal transmission of hepatitis C infection: What is so special about babies?

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 278-282

  Wen, Jessica W ^a   Haber, Barbara A ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Hepatitis C; Infant; Transmission; Viral hepatitis

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HISTORY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFANCY; INFANT DISEASE; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

FEMALE; FETUS; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS;

EID: 84896708741     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: 15364801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPG.0000000000000258     Document Type: Review

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