MATERNAL-INFANT TRANSMISSION OF HEPATITIS-G VIRUS

Authors
INABA N OKAJIMA Y KANG XS ISHIKAWA K FUKASAWA I
Citation
N. Inaba et al., MATERNAL-INFANT TRANSMISSION OF HEPATITIS-G VIRUS, American journal of obstetrics and gynecology, 177(6), 1997, pp. 1537-1538
Citations number
5
Journal title
American journal of obstetrics and gynecology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029378
Volume
177
Issue
6
Year of publication
1997
Pages
1537 - 1538
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9378(1997)177:6<1537:MTOHV>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
By a reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction assay, we studied the risk of hepatitis G virus vertical infection in seven infants bor n to women positive for hepatitis G virus ribonucleic acid and hepatit is C virus antibody. Of these, three (42.9%) tested positive for hepat itis G virus ribonucleic acid and two (28.6%) had a carrier state. Int rauterine or birth canal infection seemed much more significant than t he infection by breast-feeding.