Increased hepatitis c virus (HCV) detection in women of childbearing age and potential risk for vertical transmission — United States and Kentucky, 2011–2014

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 65, Issue 28, 2016, Pages 705-710

  Koneru, Alaya ^a   Nelson, Noele ^a   Hariri, Susan ^a   Canary, Lauren ^a   Sanders, Kathy J ^b   Maxwell, Justine F ^b   Huang, Xiaohua ^c   Leake, John A D ^c   Ward, John W ^a   Vellozzi, Claudia ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Kentucky Department for Public Health   (United States)

^c QUEST DIAGNOSTICS NICHOLS INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KENTUCKY; MASS SCREENING; NEWBORN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; RISK; UNITED STATES; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; KENTUCKY; MASS SCREENING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RISK; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84979306839     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6528a2     Document Type: Note

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