Perinatal transmission of hepatitis C antigens: Envelope 1, envelope 2 and non-structural 4

Infectious Diseases

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 568-574

  Attallah, Abdelfattah M ^a   Abdallah, Sanaa O ^b   El Far, Mohamed ^c   Omran, Mohamed M ^d   Tabll, Ashraf A ^e   Ghaly, Mohamed F ^f   Ezzat, Said M ^f   Elhamshary, Manal O ^g   El Gohary, Zeinab M ^c   Mohamedin, Attiya H ^c   El Morsi, Adel A ^c   Askora, Ahmed A ^f   Abdelrazek, Mohamed A ^a   El Kafrawy, Hala M ^a   Keneber, Mohamed H ^a   Khalil, Mohamed R ^a   Aggag, Mostafa M ^a   Elbendary, Mohamed S ^a   El Deeb, Menatallah M ^a   Abuzaid, Mahmoud S ^a   Mansour, Ahmed T ^a   Attallah, Ahmed A ^a   more..

^a Biotechnology Research Center of New Damietta   (Egypt)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c Mansoura University   (Egypt)

^d Helwan University   (Egypt)

^e NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^f Zagazig University   (Egypt)

^g MENOUFIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

E1; E2; HCV; NS4; placental transfer

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN E1; GLYCOPROTEIN E2; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS C ANTIGEN; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 4; VIRUS RNA; GLYCOPROTEIN E2, HEPATITIS C VIRUS; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ADULT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL SERUM; NEWBORN; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PROGENY; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; VAGINAL DELIVERY; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WESTERN BLOTTING; BLOOD; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; FETUS BLOOD; GENETICS; HEPACIVIRUS; IMMUNOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; BLOTTING, WESTERN; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS C ANTIGENS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS;

EID: 84961724133     PISSN: 23744235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/23744235.2015.1042035     Document Type: Article

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