ACUTE HEPATITIS-C VIRAL-INFECTION DURING PREGNANCY - FAILURE OF MOTHER-TO-INFANT TRANSMISSION

Authors
ZUCKERMAN MA AITKEN C WHITBY K DEAVILLE R SANDERS E GLYNN MJ SWAIN CP GARSON JA
Citation
Ma. Zuckerman et al., ACUTE HEPATITIS-C VIRAL-INFECTION DURING PREGNANCY - FAILURE OF MOTHER-TO-INFANT TRANSMISSION, Journal of medical virology, 52(2), 1997, pp. 161-163
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Virology
Journal title
Journal of medical virology → ACNP
ISSN journal
01466615
Volume
52
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
161 - 163
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-6615(1997)52:2<161:AHVDP->2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
A pregnant woman developed an acute hepatitis C virus (HCV) type 3a in fection during the second trimester of pregnancy. The clinical virolog ical features are presented, including HCV RNA quantification of mater nal serum samples collected during pregnancy. These findings are discu ssed in light of the child's remaining uninfected after 5 years of fol low-up. (C) 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.