Treatment of Hepatitis C during Pregnancy-Weighing the Risks and Benefits in Contrast to HIV

Current HIV/AIDS Reports

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 155-161

  Barritt, A Sidney ^a   Jhaveri, Ravi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C; Mother to children transmission; Pregnancy; Vertical transmission

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; DASABUVIR; DIRECT ACTING ANTIVIRAL AGENT; LEDIPASVIR; LEDIPASVIR PLUS SOFOSBUVIR; NUCLEOSIDE ANALOG; OMBITASVIR; PARITAPREVIR; RIBAVIRIN; SOFOSBUVIR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG SAFETY; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MOTHER TO CHILD TRANSMISSION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREGNANT WOMAN; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SUSTAINED VIROLOGIC RESPONSE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRAL CLEARANCE; VIREMIA; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; TRANSMISSION;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS;

EID: 85042385593     PISSN: 15483568     EISSN: 15483576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11904-018-0386-z     Document Type: Review

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