Sharing of Snorting Straws and Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Pregnant Women

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 234-237

  Fernandez, Noelle ^a   Towers, Craig V ^a   Wolfe, Lynlee ^a   Hennessy, Mark D ^a   Weitz, Beth ^a   Porter, Stephanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MIXED INFECTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SNORTING DRUG USE; TATTOOING; TRANSPLANTATION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; BLOOD; COMPLICATION; DEVICES; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FOMITE; INTRANASAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MEDICAL DEVICE CONTAMINATION; NEEDLE SHARING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ADULT; BLOOD; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; FOMITES; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; NEEDLE SHARING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84978115719     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000001507     Document Type: Article

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