Transmission of Hepatitis C Virus from Mothers to Infants

Ohto, Hitoshi; Terazawa, Sousuke; Sasaki, Nobuhiko; Sasaki, Nobutaka; Hino, Kunihiko; Ishiwata, Chieko; Kako, Makoto; Ujiie, Niro; Endo, Chikara; Matsui, Akira; Okamoto, Hiroaki; Mishiro, Shunji

doi:10.1056/nejm199403173301103

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Transmission of Hepatitis C Virus from Mothers to Infants

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Mar 17, 1994

Authors:

Hitoshi Ohto

Sousuke Terazawa

Nobuhiko Sasaki

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Although there are case reports of vertical transmission of hepatitis C virus (HCV), it remains uncertain to what extent infected mothers transmit this virus to their infants. METHODS: We investigated the transmission of HCV from infected mothers to their babies by analyzing HCV RNA in t...

Subject

Medicine

Hepatitis C virus

Antibody

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