Failure to Test and Identify Perinatally Infected Children Born to Hepatitis C Virus-Infected Women

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 980-985

  Kuncio, Danica E ^a   Newbern, E Claire ^a   Johnson, Caroline C ^a   Viner, Kendra M ^a  

^a PHILADELPHIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

hepatitis C; pediatric hepatitis C; perinatal; prenatal screening; vertical transmission

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS TEST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PENNSYLVANIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; CHILD; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MIDDLE AGED; PHILADELPHIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84964830360     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciw026     Document Type: Article

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