OBSTETRIC ASPECTS OF MATERNAL HEPATITIS-C INFECTION

The present study discusses problems of maternal infection with hepati tis C virus in pregnancy with respect to the recent publications on th is subject. In particular. questions of vertical transmission during p regnancy and fetal infection sub partu are discussed using three cases as an example. It was shown that recently few informations on the ris k of transmission of the hepatitis C virus from the mother to the infa nt in utero or sub partu are existing, but the actual studies provide some evidence for this risk to be relatively low. The actual knowledge concerning the mode of delivery of hepatitis C positive women as well as recommendations concerning the diagnostic and therapeutic procedur es are comprehensively shown on the basis of the recent scientific res ults.