Hepatitis C viraemia after apparent spontaneous clearance in a vertically infected child

The Lancet

Volumn 387, Issue 10031, 2016, Pages 1967-1968

  Indolfi, Giuseppe ^a   Mangone, Giusi ^a   Bartolini, Elisa ^a   Moriondo, Maria ^a,b   Azzari, Chiara ^a,b   Resti, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; PEGINTERFERON; RIBAVIRIN; VIRUS RNA;

CHILD; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC HEPATITIS C; HEPACIVIRUS; INFANT; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RECURRENT DISEASE; REMISSION; TRANSMISSION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS REPLICATION;

CHILD; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MALE; RECURRENCE; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; RNA, VIRAL; VIRAL LOAD; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 84966359885     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)00085-4     Document Type: Article

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