Mother-to-infant transmission of hepatitis C virus.

Nagata, I; Shiraki, K; Tanimoto, K; Harada, Y; Tanaka, Y; Okada, T · J Pediatr · 1992

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

Prospective studies of an infant of a mother infected with hepatitis C virus indicated that an HCV infection developed in the infant in early life. Perinatal transmission appeared to be the most likely explanation.

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